New Delhi: In a major decision, government has decided to replace the Assam Rifles (AR) with BSF for guarding the porous Indo-Myanmar border notorious for movement of insurgents and smuggling of arms and narcotics.
The decision in this regard was recently taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs and a Cabinet note will be soon prepared to be sent for final approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), country's highest decision making body on security related issues.
“An in-principle decision has been taken to hand over the security duties on Myanmar border to us,” BSF chief Subhash Joshi told PTI.
The decision will entail an expenditure of crores of rupees for the BSF which has been approved by the Finance Ministry.
