BSF allays apprehensions over interference in law and order
The Hindu
We will continue to function in complete synergy with State police, officials say
A day after the West Bengal Assembly had , senior officials of the force said at a press conference on Wednesday the BSF has no powers of investigation or to register FIRs.
“The apprehensions in certain quarters that the BSF will start meddling with law and order is not correct. We will continue to function in complete synergy with the State police as earlier,” Additional Director General of BSF (East) Y.B. Khurania said in Kolkata.
Mr. Khurania said the powers of the BSF involve search, seizure and arrest and there has been no extension in them. Only the territorial jurisdiction has been increased from 15 km to 50 km. He said the change vide Notification dated 11.10.2021 pertains only to powers conferred upon the BSF under the Criminal Procedure Code 1973, the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and the Passport Act, 1967.
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