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New BSF Director-General assumes charge

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary today took over as the new Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF). The first Bodo Indian Police Service officer from Assam, Mr. Mooshahary takes over the post following the retirement of Ajai Raj Sharma.

As the youngest officer of his batch, Mr. Mooshahary joined the IPS in 1967 and opted for and was allotted to the Kerala cadre. He worked on important assignments in Kerala and was the chief of Crime Branch CID and the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau before coming to head the National Security Guards in February 2002. Under his leadership, the National Security Guards has grown into an elite contingency force.

Apart from Kerala, Mr. Mooshahary has occupied several distinguished posts. He was in the Cabinet Secretariat, the Central Reserve Police Force and has served in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. Having worked in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir, he is experienced in handling volatile situation.

Recipient of the Police Medal for Meritorious Service and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service, he is currently one of the senior most police officers in the country and the first IPS officer from the northeast to be appointed as the Director-General of the BSF.

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