Agencies
New Delhi: BSF Jawan Sanjeev Kumar was handed a rather severe punishment by his commandant for not according ‘due respect’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kumar, who referred to Narendra Modi without prefixing the Prime Minister’s name with ‘honourable’ or ‘Shri’ was punished with seven days’ worth of pay being docked by the BSF.
The incident occurred during the routine zero parade, which takes into account the daily activities of the BSF jawans, at the 15th Battalion Headquarters of the BSF at Mahatpur, West Bengal in Nadia district on the India-Bangladesh border.
According to reports Kumar, who was giving a report of the parade, used the term ‘Modi Program’ to refer to the parade.
Commandant Anup Lal Bhagat, the commanding officer of the unit, found this to be unacceptable and initiated disciplinary action against Sanjeev Kumar. He was found guilty under Section 40 of the BSF Act, 1968 (act prejudicial to good order and discipline of the force). |
