Kerala cadre IPS Nitin Agarwal takes over as new BSF DG

June 14, 2023 20:21

Nitin Agarwal, a Kerala cadre IPS officer of the 1989 batch, on Wednesday took charge as the new director general of the BSF that guards India's frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Acting Director General S L Thaosen handed over the ceremonial baton of the force to Agarwal at the Border Security Force headquarters in the CGO complex on Lodhi Road.

Agarwal, who has earlier served in various central armed police forces such as the CISF, ITBP and SSB apart from his cadre state Kerala, was serving as additional DG (operations) of the CRPF till now.

Thaosen, a 1988-batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is the CRPF DG and has been holding the additional charge of the 2.65 lakh personnel strong BSF.

Agarwal is the 31st DG of the BSF that was raised on December 1, 1965.

He holds a B.Tech and an M.Tech degree from IIT Delhi, along with an M.Phil in social science from Panjab University.

The new DG is known to take a personal interest in resolving the grievances of the jawans and officers and he often calls them personally and even rings up the authorities in the state who can help the personnel in solving the problems they face in their hometowns, officials said. -- PTI

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