Special Sainik Sammelan was organised in BSF Headquarters
Amritsar Sector Khasa yesterday, in which officers and jawans of all four
battalions of Amritsar sector were felicitated for their excellent performance
in guarding the Indo-Pak borders falling in Amritsar Sector.
DIG BSF Amritsar Sector M F Farooqui said, BSF troops did
the historic seizure of more than 300 kgs of heroin worth Rs 1500 crore in
international market including capture of Arms and Ammunition in the last six
months. In this period around ten Pakistan Smugglers were also got killed by
BSF.
Mr Farooqui praised the alertness and dutifulness of the
officers.
He told the media that BSF has launched a biggest ever drug
de-addiction and sensitisation programme to curb the demand of drugs and it has
started yielding results.
The function organised at BSF Campus, distributed 91
commendation cards and approx. Rs 5 Lakhs to around hundreds of BSF
Officers/SOs and who were stationed at the Indo-Pakistan border in the recent
past.
The cash reward received from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
on account of seizure of narcotics was also distributed among the troops on the
occasion.
Mr Farooqui stated that such rewards to the troops would
boost up the morale and encourage troops in performing their duties with more
dedication which would result in big achievements in future as well.
Source: http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20140412/2374602.html
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