Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked the troops of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) deployed along the Nepal and Bhutan borders to sharpen their snooping skills and ensure that terrorist groups are not able to “gather” or carry out their nefarious anti-India designs along these borders.
Addressing officers and jawans of SSB at the forces’ camp here on the occasion of their 52nd Raising Day, he said a robust and sharp intelligence system is the “most important weapon” along these two sensitive borders which are open and not fenced, keeping in view India’s friendly relations with them.
“I have a firm belief that being a border guarding force, you will be successful in stopping anti-national and criminal activity along Nepal and Bhutan borders. You have had a speciality, that is your intelligence system. Based on your experiences and good work, you will have to make it (snoop capabilities) better so that this system is able to render a more important role in the near future,” he said.
While saluting the courage and dedication of these troops, Mr. Singh made a special mention of its martyred Second-in-Command rank officer Rajesh Shivrain who was killed in an air crash early this week when he was co-piloting a BSF flight to Ranchi.
“I felt great pain...but no one can stop what is destined,” he said.
