Police have greater role in border management: Ajit Doval

November 12, 2021 11:08

Besides maintaining law and order, police forces have a greater role in border management spanning over 15,000 km covering Pakistan, China and Myanmar and Bangladesh with which India has security related issues, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday.

Speaking at the passing out parade of the 73rd batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad, Doval said India's sovereignty goes as far as the last police station's jurisdiction from the coastal areas to the border areas.

He further said maintaining law and order in every part of the 32 lakh sq km of India is the responsibility of police forces.

"Not only the policing about which you (IPS officers) have been trained well. But it will extend. You will be responsible for border management of this country. 15,000 km of the border, most of it has got peculiar problems of its own," he added.

"There is a border in Pakistan with China or Myanmar or Bangladesh. We have got different types of security related issues which are manned by the police and the central police organisations which are manning these borders," Doval said.

According to him, the strength of the police force in the country is 21 lakh and so far 35,480 personnel have sacrificed their lives. "We would also like to remember those 40 IPS officers who were martyred," Doval said.

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