AMRITSAR; Five companies of the border security force (BSF) comprising at least 500 personnel have been withdrawn from the Indo-Pakistan border in the Amritsar sector of northern Indian Punjab and have been entrusted election duties in the region.
The deputy inspector general of the border security force A.P. Pandey told reporters at his headquarters at KhaIsa 10km from here Wednesday that thinning of the force at the border would not make it prone to infiltration by militants from across the border..
Instead strict vigil has been introduced and senior officials have been put on duty at the border observation posts in other sectors in Punjab and Rajasthan. He said.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 21, 1991
