ITBP Challenger Cup 2009 - Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Vigilance Awareness Week ObservedDG, ITBP presiding over the workshop on"preventive Vigilance" held at Directorate GeneralVigilance awareness week was observed by ITBP atits Headquarters, Zonal HQrs, Sector HQrs, Units, TrainingCentres and Base Hospital from November 3 rd to 7 th on theinstruction of Ministry of Home Affairs/Central VigilanceCommission.During the week, vigilance awareness banners andposters were displayed at various nodal points to motivatepeople to remain vigilant and eradicate corruption.At the Dte Genl., Shri Vikram Srivastava, DG, ITBPShri G.S. Virk, DIG sharing his views in the workshopadministered the pledge to all the offi cers and staff on 3 rdNovember. They took solemn pledge to bring about integrityand transparency in all spheres of their activities.During the week workshop on "Preventive Vigilance"was organised on 5 th November 2009 at Conference hall ofDirectorate General. DG, ITBP presided over the workshop.Offi cers of various branches participated in the workshop andshared their views and experiences on the subject. DG, ITBPalso shared his views by giving interesting examples of day today life.Kabul Blast - ITBP men Injured, but hold firmNEW DELHI: Showing grit even in the face of a terror attack,two commandos of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)refused to abandon their posts outside the Indian embassyin Kabul despite their injuries in the suicide bombing thatkilled at least 12 people Thursday morning."Havaldar Ravinder Singh and Constable Kulwant singhwere manning their post along the embassy wall in Kabulwhen the blast took place. Though the blast took place atsome distance from the embassy, that one of them wasthrown back some distance and suffered back injuries. Theother suffered splinter injuries on his neck from the shatteredglass of the embassy windows," a senior ITBP official said.The explosion occurred at 8.27 a.m. on the heavilyfortified road in downtown Kabul where the Indian embassyand the Afghan interior ministry are located.According to the high ranked offi cer,Ravinder and Kulwant, who were trained inanti-terrorist operations, were given primary first aid atthe blast site. Therafter, the two troopers of the centralpara-military force just stayed on."Seeing the gravity of the situation, they themselves refusedto leave the post," the officer added.According to ITBP officers here, the best troopersdrawn from all their battalions and trained inAfgan policemen secure the blast site outside the Indian embassyin Kabul. A bomb exploded near the embassy in the centre of theAfghan capital killing 17 peopleanti-terrorism operations have been deployed at the Indianembassy in Kabul."......Our men are deployed inside of the embassy and alsoalong its walls. Round-the-clock security is provided at theembassy," said an offi cer.Courtesy :- Hindustan Times October 9, 2009ITBP Patrika13 January - 2010