Agartala, Feb 22, 2013 : Subhash Joshi, Director General of the Border Security Forces, said that BSF is ready to start operation of three more Border Out Posts (BOP) in the Tripura frontier along Indo-Bangla international border. He met Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Chief Secretary Dr. Sanjay Kumar Panda among several other officials at the civil secretariat today. While the meeting was reported to have involved a wide array of issues, official sources said the Director General of BSF has just paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Sarkar. Joshi took over as Director General of BSF on December 19, 2012, replacing Raman Srivastava, the previous chief of BSF.
Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of meeting with the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary, Joshi said that BSF is interested in increasing the number of BOPs operational in Tripura frontier of Indo-Bangla border. However, he said that problems related to land has been delaying the process. Plots of favourable land for setting up new BOPs are either under owned by farmers near the border or are under reserve forest area. The BSF top cop reportedly asked the state government to take up the issue with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The state government has been urging for increasing number of BOPs in Tripura frontier since long to strengthen border security measures and check cross-border crime.
A 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, Joshi has served as Director General of the elite commando force – National Security Guard (NSG). He also served as Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General of Police of Uttarakhand and Deputy Director of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad among many other assignments. He was decorated with Police Medal for Meritorious Service and President’s Police Medal for distinguished service in 1994 and 2000.
Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of meeting with the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary, Joshi said that BSF is interested in increasing the number of BOPs operational in Tripura frontier of Indo-Bangla border. However, he said that problems related to land has been delaying the process. Plots of favourable land for setting up new BOPs are either under owned by farmers near the border or are under reserve forest area. The BSF top cop reportedly asked the state government to take up the issue with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The state government has been urging for increasing number of BOPs in Tripura frontier since long to strengthen border security measures and check cross-border crime.
A 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, Joshi has served as Director General of the elite commando force – National Security Guard (NSG). He also served as Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General of Police of Uttarakhand and Deputy Director of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad among many other assignments. He was decorated with Police Medal for Meritorious Service and President’s Police Medal for distinguished service in 1994 and 2000.
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