BSF jawan dismissed from service in smuggling case

A Border Security Force constable deployed in Samba sector of Indo-Pak International Border was dismissed from service for conniving with anti-national and trans-border criminals. He was handed over to Punjab Police for further investigation and a case was registered against him at police station Katarpur in Jalandhar rural.

Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was dismissed from the service for his alleged involvement in smuggling activities.

According to an official spokesperson, BSF Constable Sumit Kumar, a resident of Gurdaspur and deployed in Samba sector of Indo-Pak International Border was dismissed from service for conniving with anti-national and trans-border criminals.

Kumar was apprehended by the BSF from his place of duty from Indo- Pak International Border and recovered 9 mm pistol, 2 magazines, 80 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, two rounds of 12 bore ammunition from his possession on the basis of information of Punjab Police on July 12.

He was handed over to Punjab Police for further investigation and a case was registered against him at police station Katarpur in Jalandhar rural.

On the next day of his arrest, Punjab Police recovered Rs 32.30 lakhs from his house at Gurdaspur.

The Inspector General (IG) BSF Jammu, N S Jamwal, said that Punjab Police was investigating the case.

Till now, a total of eight persons including Constable Sumit Kumar of BSF and an Army person have been arrested and more facts are likely to emerge during the course of the investigation.