The author was one of the first from the BSF tohave served as Addl. Director General in aparamilitary force. He remained deployed withthe troops in the extreme border of Indo-Bangladesh from 1971 till 1990.As DIG BSF Nagaland and Manipur and then asIG Border Security Force Shillong, he wasresponsible for the security of Indo-Bangladeshborder in Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya andcounter-insurgency operations in Nagaland andManipur. He supervised the border fencing andfloodlighting in the borders of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and some Char islands in riverBrahmaputra and 185 kms. of Jammu sector ofIndia- Pakistan border. He was decorated with thePolice Medal for meritorious service, thePresidents Police Medal for Distinguished Serviceand the Injury Medal.He led a commando group which killed thechief of Harkat-ul-Ansar named Abu Gazi (alias PirBawa) and chief of Al Faran, Matteen, operating inAnantnag was apprehended. Mateen was themastermind in abducting 13 foreign nationals inKashmir and killing them, the kingpin in the blastin Jammu parade ground and Jaipur Bus stand.He supervised deployment of BSF during theBodo and Bangladesh Muslim migrant's conflict inKokrajhar, Udalguri and Baksa in 2010. He was oneof the first batch of Special Protection GroupOfficers and had the distinction of supervising thesecurity of the Parliament of India as Director(Security) from 1991-1995, was instrumental insurrender and apprehension of few north eastKLNLF, UNLF, PLA and NSCNIM militants with theirarms.
