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First-ever women contingent of BSF deployed on Indo-Bangladesh border |
The first ever women contingent of the Border Security
Force (BSF) has been deployed along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal
. These women BSF constables are not only trained and deployed along the Indo-Bangladesh,
but Indo-Pak borders as well. The first batch comprises of 108 women from Punjab
and another 46 from West Bengal . The South-Bengal Frontier, which overlooks 50.52
kilometres within its area of responsibility (AOR) along Indo-Bangladesh border,
has problems like cross-border smuggling of drugs, arms and ammunition and cattle,
alongside alleged trafficking in women BSF was in dire need of women personnel
as it was impossible to detain women for physical checks which otherwise would
have been deemed as violation of human rights. Considering these aspects, the
BSF is now committed to recruit more women into their ranks for the tasks of tracking
and checking women and children going across the India-Bangladesh border. "Recruitment
of women in BSF has begun. We will observe their performance for next two-three
years. Women officers in BSF are required since earlier we were not able to search
women and children, who were involved in smuggling across the border," said C
V Murlidharan, Inspector General, Border Security Force, South-Bengal Frontier,
Haridaspur BoP. The initial recruits are of the constable rank. Their performance
will be the factor to decide whether BSF must rope in more women personnel for
the border surveillance and inspection duties. BSF had long felt the need for
women personnel and now that an armed women's wing has been raised and deployed,
it is hoped that use of women for possible cross-border illegal activities would
be curtailed significantly. |
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