157 newly-recruited jawans of 143A company took the oath to serve the nation in a passing out parade organised at Rani laxmibai Parade Ground at BSF Training Centre and School, Meru, Hazaribagh on Saturday. On this occasion IG BSF Meru PC Sharma took the salute of the jawans participating in this ceremonial passing out parade.
On this occasion the IG said that the jawans have completed their training and now are ready to serve the country on the borders. He expressed hope that the jawans will work in strengthening the borders and the internal security of the country. He also taught a lesson on the occasion and talked about priority to human values.
All 157 newly recruits took part in the passing out parade after finishing 44 weeks of strenuous basic training. During the training, they had been educated in border management, internal security duty, human rights, weapons, drills, intelligence, physical training, boxing, war without weapons and field craft.
Out of the 157 jawans, 87 were from Assam, 37 from AP, 11 from Maharastra, 7 from Bihar, 2 each from West Bengal, Punjab, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and 1 each from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.
Mahajan Deepak Kailash was awarded as the Best Cadet in passing out parade function by the chief guest. Md. Nazrul Akram bagged 2nd position. Nayan Mathai was given the award of Best in Endurance. S Rajshekhar was awarded Best Firer award while Mahajan Deepak Kailash was given Best Drill award.
The passing out parade was led by new recruit Mahajan Deepak Kailash. The brass band party of BSF Meru under the leadership of their band master SB Gurung charmed the gathering with their performance. On this occasion DIG BSF AK Tete, officers of local administration, BSF administration, family members of new recruits and employees of BSF Meruwere present in large numbers.