Fake BSF officer: Force orders probe into trespassing

Admitting lapses in its internal security,the Border Security Force has launched an inquiry into trespassing by a Jalgaon resident,who reportedly visited the Forces Gandhinagar campus often by faking the identity of a BSF officer.

Admitting lapses in its internal security,the Border Security Force (BSF) has launched an inquiry into trespassing by a Jalgaon resident,who reportedly visited the Forces Gandhinagar campus often by faking the identity of a BSF officer.

Ravindra Babu Chaudhary (23),a resident of Chopra taluka in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra,was held by the BSF while he was allegedly trying to enter the security forces office in Gandhinagar last week. He was later arrested by the Gujarat ATS.

While the ATS is yet to find out as to who helped Chaudhary enter the camp and what was the motive behind this,the BSF has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

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We have ordered an inquiry to know about his associates,his connections in the BSF and also his background. We have left it to the ATS to find out the purpose behind faking the identity of a BSF officer and why was he living close to our campus. We are questioning everyone in our campuses to know his connections here (if at all), said BSF IG Arun Sinha.

Preliminary investigation by the BSF found that all the materials,like a BSF I-card,two uniforms,a smart card for BSF canteen and three copies of his I-card of various periods that were seized from his rented house,were fake. These materials were reportedly collected from outside the BSF campus.

We have our own security system in place and our personnel are always alert. We have spoken to a few officers about this case. This man (Chaudhary) had befriended a few BSF personnel to roam around in the campus safely. We cannot say at this point (if) an insider helped him. We have to find out as to who in the BSF was associated with him (if any), Sinha added.

According to the BSF,Chaudhary was earlier caught by a BSF officer who was supervising the campus. When the officer questioned him about his battalion,he claimed he belonged to another battalion.

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After a few days,Chaudhary again tried to enter the campus. But when the guards at the entrance checked his i-card,they found it was fake.

Sources said BSF was a safe cover for Chaudhary,who might have come to extract security-related information about border areas in the state.

He was staying in a rented accommodation in Alampur village near the BSF camp.

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Fake BSF officer: Force orders probe into trespassing

Admitting lapses in its internal security,the Border Security Force has launched an inquiry into trespassing by a Jalgaon resident,who reportedly visited the Forces Gandhinagar campus often by faking the identity of a BSF officer.

Admitting lapses in its internal security,the Border Security Force has launched an inquiry into trespassing by a Jalgaon resident,who reportedly visited the Forces Gandhinagar campus often by faking the identity of a BSF officer.