Addressing a press conference at the FTR HQ, Bhubaneswar, the BSF IG said, “No Naxal-related activity was reported from Malkangiri and Koraput districts in the last three years."
After his body was brought to his native village on Sunday, people and leaders from various places rushed to his house to pay their last respects.
Tulasi Hill is located on the border of neighbouring Chhattisgarh. As the elections are underway in Chhattisgarh, the Maoists were suspected to be planning to launch a major attack to disrupt the polling process by operating from the Odisha side.
The family members were told that Parida was heading towards a ghat from Sura camp when he fell into a roadside ditch.
The jawans immediately took safety measures, cordoned off the area, and informed the bomb disposal unit stationed at Malkangiri.
A BSF official said that the smugglers were trying to take this consignment from India to Bangladesh.
"The estimated value of the seized silver is Rs 1,147,132. The smugglers were attempting to take the silver jewellery from India to Bangladesh," said a BSF official.
The mishap took place when he was coming to his village from Sorada on his bike. The bike collided head-on with a private bus named Sai Krishna which was coming from Aska, sources informed.
Both sides laid emphasis on sharing information for curbing crimes and increasing mutual trust, it said.
A 1989 batch Kerala cadre officer, Agarwal has previously served as the Additional Director General, Operations, of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
A BSF jawan was killed and two Assam Rifles personnel suffered gunshot wounds Manipur's Serou area, the Army said on Tuesday.
BSF troops deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a suspected flying object (drone) entering from Pakistan into Indian territory near Dhanoe Kalan village on Tuesday night.
A BSF spokesman said that a blinking light of a "suspected" drone was observed around 12.15 a.m. on the international border in Ramnagar area of Samba district.
These days, the three children are lapping up praises from all quarters for leaving no stone unturned to fulfill their father’s dream.
"Troops deployed at the border heard a buzzing sound of a suspected flying object entering from Pakistan into India near Metla village in the district at around 1 a.m. on Friday in Gurdaspur," a BSF statement said.
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