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India asks SSB to send daily report on Nepal border
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) In the backdrop of heightened
tension in Nepal, the Indian Home Ministry has directed border
guarding force SSB to send daily reports on the situation
along the international boundary.
Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has asked Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB) chief M V Krishna Rao to report to him every day on
the law and order position along the highly porous 1,751- km
border, a senior official said.
A senior SSB official told PTI that patrolling has been
intensified along the border which, he said, remained
peaceful.
The SSB has been sensitised to keep extra vigil to
prevent movement of unwanted elements along the border by
taking advantage of the fluid political situation in the
Himalayan nation.
Gupta is personally monitoring the situation closely and
reviewing it with senior Home Ministry officials, particularly
those incharge of border management, besides intelligence
officials.
The SSB is posted along the international boundary with
Nepal passing through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim to check any attempts
at infiltration into the Indian territory.
"The SSB has been asked to keep a close watch on the
international boundary," official said.
The SSB top brass at its headquarters here are constantly
reviewing the ground situation to thwart attempts of
infiltrations or smuggling of arms and ammunition by taking
advantage of the fluid political situation in that country.
The security establishment fears that Pakistan-based
militants might sneak into Indian territory.
They pointed out at some recent arrests of militants who
obtain tourist visa from Nepal and subsequently cross over to
India for subversive activities.
Nepal plunged into a major political crisis yesterday
when Prime Minister Prachanda resigned after his Maoist
government's decision to sack Army Chief Gen Rukmangad Katawal
was scuttled by President Ram Baran Yadav.
The development has triggered violent protests in capital
Kathmandu and threatened the fragile peace process in the
Himalayan nation which witnessed a decade-long insurgency
waged by the Maoists before they returned to the mainstream in
2006 after signing a peace deal. PTI
tension in Nepal, the Indian Home Ministry has directed border
guarding force SSB to send daily reports on the situation
along the international boundary.
Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has asked Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB) chief M V Krishna Rao to report to him every day on
the law and order position along the highly porous 1,751- km
border, a senior official said.
A senior SSB official told PTI that patrolling has been
intensified along the border which, he said, remained
peaceful.
The SSB has been sensitised to keep extra vigil to
prevent movement of unwanted elements along the border by
taking advantage of the fluid political situation in the
Himalayan nation.
Gupta is personally monitoring the situation closely and
reviewing it with senior Home Ministry officials, particularly
those incharge of border management, besides intelligence
officials.
The SSB is posted along the international boundary with
Nepal passing through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim to check any attempts
at infiltration into the Indian territory.
"The SSB has been asked to keep a close watch on the
international boundary," official said.
The SSB top brass at its headquarters here are constantly
reviewing the ground situation to thwart attempts of
infiltrations or smuggling of arms and ammunition by taking
advantage of the fluid political situation in that country.
The security establishment fears that Pakistan-based
militants might sneak into Indian territory.
They pointed out at some recent arrests of militants who
obtain tourist visa from Nepal and subsequently cross over to
India for subversive activities.
Nepal plunged into a major political crisis yesterday
when Prime Minister Prachanda resigned after his Maoist
government's decision to sack Army Chief Gen Rukmangad Katawal
was scuttled by President Ram Baran Yadav.
The development has triggered violent protests in capital
Kathmandu and threatened the fragile peace process in the
Himalayan nation which witnessed a decade-long insurgency
waged by the Maoists before they returned to the mainstream in
2006 after signing a peace deal. PTI
