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Sacked employee takes BSF to court

NEW DELHI OCT. 25. A 30-year-old man, Bala Husein, who wants to make his case a precedent for HIV-positive people in the armed forces, has taken the Border Security Force to court for dismissing him from service in an alleged show of discrimination after he disclosed that he had AIDS. He said the BSF should not have thrown him out of the job solely on the ground that he tested positive for AIDS. Husein, awaiting the next court hearing in November, told a private television channel that a senior BSF officer had told him that he was not fit to work any longer as he would die soon. Husein is now working as a security guard in a Delhi-based private firm.

However, the Director-General (Medical) of the BSF, S.K. Jha, said Husein's services were terminated as he was not only HIV-positive but was also suffering from tuberculosis and herpes. 86 personnel have tested positive for HIV so far in the BSF.

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