THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, August 3: A government order announced on Saturday that Daljit Singh Chawdhary, the Director General of the (Sashastra Seema Bal) SSB, will take on the additional charge of Border Security Force chief due to the early repatriation of current head Nitin Agrawal.
Nitin Agrawal, an IPS officer of the 1989 batch from the Kerala cadre, was removed from his position as BSF DG on Friday by an order from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), which is headed by the prime minister.
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A Union home ministry order released on Saturday stated that Chawdhary, a 1990-batch IPS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, will assume the additional responsibility of BSF DG until a regular appointment is made or until further instructions are given, whichever comes first.
Chawdhary serves as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which is tasked with guarding India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
On Friday, the ACC also directed the early and immediate repatriation of Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, Agrawal’s deputy and Special DG (West), back to his parent cadre in Odisha.
The removal of the two top BSF officers follows recent terror attacks in Jammu along the India-Pakistan border, which have caused numerous casualties among army, security personnel, and civilians.
