NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday removed BSF director general Nitin Agrawal and his deputy, special DG (West) Y.B. Khurania, sending them back to their respective state cadres with immediate effect, according to a government order.
Nitin Agrawal, a 1989-batch officer of the Kerala cadre, had taken charge as the Border Security Force chief in June last year. Y.B. Khurania, a 1990-batch officer of the Odisha cadre, was overseeing the force’s operations along the Pakistan border as Special DG (West).
Separate orders issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) indicated that their repatriation was “premature” and ordered with “immediate effect.”
The BSG, comprising approximately 2.65 lakh personnel, is responsible for guarding India’s borders with Pakistan on the west and Bangladesh on the east.
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