As many as 351 newly recruited jawans — of batch no 138 ‘H’ and ‘F’ 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. The Director General of BSF Meru Prakash Chandra Sharma, DIG Kl Sah and Commandant Rajesh Kumar took the salute of the jawans.
In his address Sharma said that they have completed their training and now are ready to serve the country on the borders. He expressed his expectations that the jawans would not only strengthen the external security but also the internal security. He said that in the present practical lifestyle, we also need to give priority to human values. All 351 newly recruits took part in the passing out parade after finishing 34 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 351 jawans, 146 were from Assam, 133 from Tripura, 39 from Madhya Pradesh, 9 from Mizoram, 21 from Manipur and 3 from Nagaland. Shyam Kumar of F and Arun Debnath of H company were awarded as the overall Best Cadets. Raviraj Maheswari and Akash Nunisha bagged 2nd positions. The passing out parade was led by Deepankar Burman.
Band master SB Gurung and his team presented an attractive show during this ceremony. Jawans danced on the tunes of Jharkhandi songs presented by brass band. On this occasion a galaxy of officers and eminent personalities was present in the ground along with the staffs, jawans and their family members of BSF Meru.