NEW DELHI: The SSB, that guards open borders with Nepal and Bhutan, has been sanctioned its first ever intelligence wing with 650 field and staff agents to check the activities of “anti-India and other inimical forces”.
The Union home ministry, a senior official said, has approved a proposal of the paramilitary force to raise and deploy an exclusive combat snoop wing for border guarding and internal security duties.
“In a big boost to the operational efficiency of the SSB, Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved creation of 650 combatised posts for the intelligence setup of the force,” the SSB said in a statement.
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) mans the 1,751-km long India-Nepal and the 699-km long Indo-Bhutan borders. (AGENCIES)
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