File photo of Rajni Kant Mishra
Senior IPS officers Rajni Kant Misra and S S Deswal were appointed director general of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) respectively, on Thursday.
According to an official order, Misra, a 1984-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and present SSB chief, has been tasked to head the BSF for a period up to his superannuation on August 31, 2019 in place of K K Sharma, who retires this month end.
Deswal, a 1984-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, will head the SSB in place of Misra. He will hold the post for a period up to his superannuation on August 31, 2021, the order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
About two-lakh strong BSF guards India's frontier with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The SSB, which has about 90,000 personnel, guards India's borders with Nepal and Bangladesh.
(With PTI inputs)
