BSF jawan injures self with rifle

Ashwani Kumar.

A jawan belonging to the Border Security Force got injured on Thursday in an accidental fire along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch in Jammu.

"A jawan identified as Naresh Chand of 135 Bn BSF this afternoon got injured when a bullet from his own rifle hit him while he was on duty in Krishna Ghati Sector," a source added.

On hearing the gun shot, his colleagues rushed to the spot and shifted the profusely bleeding jawan to the hospital from where he was airlifted to Northern Command Hospital in Udhampur.

via India Today

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BSF jawan critical after failed suicide

A BSF personnel is fighting for life after his attempt to commit suicide using his service gun failed today, police said here.

Constable, R K Mohanty (36) allegedly tried to kill himself, but the bullet missed him and went passed his throat and injured him severely at Nakamamudi BSF camp under Orkel police limits of Maoists-infested Malkangiri district, they said.

Mohanty fired his gun aiming his throat, but the bullet somehow missed the target and went pass injuring him badly, they said.

He was immediately rushed to the nearby Balimela hospital and later moved to the district headquarters hospital at Malkangiri in serious condition.

Later Mohanty was airlifted to a hospital in Chhatisgarh's Raipur, police said, adding, that an investigation has been initiated into the matter.

via Business Standard

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Exodus from paramilitary worsens, up by 30%

Tough working conditions and career stagnation is forcing officers of paramilitary forces to quit in large numbers. In the past one year, the forces have seen an alarming increase in the number of officers resigning within 4-5 years of service. A total of 80 officers have resigned in forces such as CRPF, BSF, CISF and ITBP in 2013.

This is 30% more than the figures for 2012.

Until now, only high rate of voluntary retirement of jawans in the lower ranks had remained a concern for the forces. In that area too, however, 2013 has turned out to be one of the worst with around 8,500 jawans leaving the four forces (even as figures for SSB and Assam Rifles are not included).

What's more worrying is that many officers have run away from the middle of their training for greener pastures in the private sector or elsewhere. Only recently, 19 officers of CRPF quit even as their training for induction in the force was on. As many as 11 others resigned within five years of service. CRPF, which is the principal force fighting Naxals in the inhospitable jungles of central and east India, alone has seen 46 resignations, almost double compared to last year.

via The Times of India

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BSF jawan molests minor girl

A BSF jawan posted 49-BSF Camp, Koirengei molested a 14-year-old girl and later apologized to the girl for the shameful act.

The 'disgraceful' BSF jawan has been identified as one Constable Aso Das from Assam.

The incident happened at Koirengei at around 3.30 pm yesterday when the victim girl went to a shop to buy some potatoes.

The BSF jawan held her wrist and also touched her back in an indecent manner.

The women present there protested the jawan's act, but in turn he rebuked them using vulgar language.

The jawan again came out of the camp at around 8.30 am today to have pan in a shop.

The victim's family members nabbed him and began to thrash him.

However, he escaped and ran inside the camp.

A large number of women then stormed at the BSF Camp demanding the culprit to be handed over to the locals.

Later with the intervention of the BSF officials, Aso Das came out and apologized to the girl for the disgraceful act he had done to her.

The BSF officials also assured to the locals that strict action would be taken against the erring jawan.

via E-Pao

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Be sensitive, J&K govt tells security forces

Toufiq Rashid.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked the security forces to discharge their duties "sensitively and without harassing civilians".


A circular was issued to security forces, including the state police, Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF), Kashmir divisional commissioner Shailendra Kumar said on Monday. The circular was issued following reports of a woman giving birth outside a locked health centre amid severe snowfall in Kupwara on Thursday. An Army operation was underway at that time.

"All security agencies have been asked to be sensitive towards the general public while discharging their duties. They have been asked to allow sick people, pregnant women and students going for examinations to move after verifying their details," Kumar told Hindustan Times.

The circular also says that doctors and emergency staff should be allowed to reach their workplaces.

The woman's husband had alleged that he and his wife, who was in labour, were intercepted by the Army when they were on their way to a primary health centre in Kupwara during a search operation, and were not allowed to move for over an hour. When they reached the facility, they found it locked and the staff missing, forcing her to give birth in the street with the help of local women.

Later, doctors from the health centre had alleged that they had been delayed due to the cordon.

However, the army had claimed that the woman was delayed as she had been referred from one health centre to another.

"The circular has been issued after I completed my investigation. The call records of the hospital staff showed that they desperately wanted to reach the hospital. Otherwise, how is it possible that everyone from the sweeper to the senior-most doctor remain absent on the same day? It shows that they were not allowed to pass through the cordon. Due to god's kindness, mother and child are fine, else she may have developed complications and required surgery," he added.

"The security forces have been asked to follow the standard operating procedure. We are not blaming anyone, just asking that the standard operating procedure be maintained. The security forces are fulfilling their duties, and should allow the others to fulfill theirs," he said.

"How will stopping a pregnant woman help catch a militant? It was broad daylight and the woman visibly pregnant. The personnel should have been sensitive to her pain," he added.

via Hindustan Times

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Drunk BSF jawans tease women, beat cops, public in Bangalore

Around 41 jawans belonging to the Border Security Force (BSF), on a trip to Lalbagh on Sunday, went berserk, allegedly teasing women, girls and assaulting public, police personnel and security guards who came to their rescue. The jawans reportedly were in an inebriated condition.

Around six, including two constables, three guards and one member of the public were injured in the incident.

Police have booked two separate cases against the jawans and arrested jawan Dileep Kumar and four others. “The rest are absconding,” said DCP (South) HS Revanna. “Cases of assault on police, obstructing police duty, assault on public have been booked,” he said.

The injured are head constable Suresh, constable Anaveer, security guards Samad, Prashanth and Suresh and a member of the public Jayaram.

A case has been registered in Siddapura police station based on the complaint of security guard Samad and head constable Suresh.

The incident took place at 4.30pm when 41 jawans belonging to the Subsidiary Training Center (STC), Yelahanka, arrived at Lalbagh. The jawans, hailing from UP, Rajasthan and other states, were in Yelahanka for training and their superiors arranged a picnic for the jawans on Sunday.

They had been to ISKCON, Cubbon Park before arriving at Lalbagh in the evening. The bus belonging to the BSF (number: PB08 Z9292) entered Lalbagh without proper entry ticket through the Lalbagh East gate.

After disembarking, the jawans allegedly started teasing girls, women and some of them started plucking flowers and plants. “Few of them started brushing against teenaged girls,” police said.

When some male members of the public and women objected to this, the inebriated jawans reportedly assaulted some persons. This is when things really got out of hand.

The incident was reported to the security guards of Lalbagh, including Samad, Prashanth and Suresh, who confronted the jawans, but the jawans, using choicest of expletives, reportedly beat them black and blue.

The jawans also beat up head constable Suresh and constable Anaveer who arrived in a police patrolling vehicle Hoysala on hearing the news.

The police then asked for additional police personnel to confront the jawans. On hearing the news, the jawans panicked and fled the scene, abandoning their bus at Lalbagh.

However, police personnel managed to arrest four of the jawans, with Revanna saying there would be more arrests.

via DNA

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A Border Security Force (BSF) officer was injured Saturday when the service rifle of his colleague went off at a camp in Srinagar's Pantha Chowk area in Jammu and Kashmir.

Officials said Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gopal Tripathi of BSF 151 Battalion received a shot in his leg when the service rifle of constable K P Panday went off early this morning.

The injured officer was shifted to a hospital after the mishap.

His condition is stable. It was an accidental fire that injured him, a senior BSF official said.

via India Blooms

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