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Officials meet to discuss security of Indo-Pak border Yudhvir Rana, TNN | Jul 27, 2012, 09.21PM IST by riteshexpert on 28 July, 2012 - 12:19 AM
avatar riteshexpert Officials meet to discuss security of Indo-Pak border Yudhvir Rana, TNN | Jul 27, 2012, 09.21PM IST on 28 July, 2012 - 12:19 AM

AMRITSAR: A high level meeting of senior officials of Border Security Force (BSF), police and Customs was held on Friday to review the security scenario at Indo Pak international border in view of recent seizures of arms and narcotics especially from the goods train arriving from Pakistan.

The meeting was chaired by Amritsar Member Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Talking to media persons after meeting Sidhu said that the consensus had emerged during the meeting that high power scanners should be installed on war footing at the entry point of the border for checking the rail cargo movement and also at the Integrated Check Post, Attari.

He said that the scanners could neutralize all such attempts to derail the trade and would restore confidence among the peaceful trading community of both the countries who were doing their best to improve bilateral economic ties between India and Pakistan.

The meeting discussed the proposal to deploy sniffer dog squad to check the menace of cross border smuggling of narcotics and other contrabands and to guard against the anti-national elements not to indulge to transport these items.

He informed that it was decided to alert the cement exporters based in Pakistan to ensure seal of the rail wagons in their presence and to strongly take up the matter with Pakistan security agencies and customs department at Lahore station that no one was allowed to put contraband into the goods wagons.

"The security in Pakistan rail should be beefed up so that no such person is allowed to jeopardize the trade," said he.

Senior security officials who attended the meeting suggested that the entire railway cargo complex at Amritsar and at Attari needed to be properly guarded by erecting fence, deployment of Railway Protection Force along with GRP besides round the clock patrolling.

Among others who attended the meeting included R.P.Mittal, Commissioner Police, Sanjiv Bhanot, DIG, BSF, Vijay Bahadur Singh, Deputy Commissioner Customs, Pritpal Singh Virk, SSP, Amritsar Rural, K.S.Rana, Commandant BSF.