Centre Removes Paramilitary BSF Chief, Deputy "With Immediate Effect"

New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Centre on Friday removed Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) YB Khurania and sent them back to their state cadres “with immediate effect”, according to a government order. Mr Agrawal is a 1989-batch Kerala cadre officer, while Mr Khurania belongs to the 1990-batch of the Odisha cadre. Mr Agrawal had taken charge as BSF chief in June last year. Mr Khurania, as the special DG (West), was heading the formation of the force along the Pakistan border. Separate orders issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said they were being “prematurely” repatriated with “immediate effect.”