CHANDIGARH: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the home portfolio, on Sunday demanded the deployment of BSF on the State border just like in Jammu & Kashmir. He also announced the creation of a second line of defence of the state police, equipped with ultra-modern security gadgets, at all vulnerable points near the border.
“We are writing to the Union Government in this regard. There is not as much BSF deployment on the Punjab border as in J&K. They should increase deployment in this fencing area, for this is the second time such an incident has happened in Punjab,” said Sukhbir.
He also urged the Centre to install sophisticated gadgets at the earliest along the fence at the border so as to prevent cross-border infiltration of terrorists and smugglers and sought the declaration of Punjab-Pakistan border a ‘sensitive boundary’.
He further announced that a commando battalion fully equipped with modern gadgets would be deployed at all vulnerable points near the border. Besides setting up police lines, a SWOT team will also be stationed at Pathankot, he said.