Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that anti-national elements have been trying to foment tension in the society by posting unverified information on the social media and asked people not to forward such messages without verification. He also urged the border guarding force SSB to keep vigil on various activities of anti-national forces and infiltrators.
Home Minister was operationalising the new intelligence set up of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which is the lead Intelligence Agency for India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
Insisting for greater surveillance on nefarious activities like fake currency and fake messages, Singh said the job of SSB is much more demanding and challenging since it is vested with the responsibility of guarding open borders unlike other borders. This makes the task much more challenging and demands highest alertness to check illegal activities like smuggling of arms, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), drugs and human-trafficking, he maintained.
Singh said information and news, that was completely wrong or having no basis, was being regularly circulated on social media such as WhatsApp and many people consider it to to be true.
“I want to tell SSB jawans not to believe such messages and forward to anyone without verification as anti-national elements have been trying to foment trouble in the society. We all have to be careful before believing or forwarding them,” he said.
Assuring the Government’s concern about the welfare of the paramilitary personnel and their families, the Union Home Minister said he has taken steps to ensure a martyr’s family gets at least Rs 1 crore compensation. On the occasion, he launched the Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB) Mobile App for CAPF personnel. MoS Hansraj Ahir, SSB Chief Archana Ramasundaram, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and IB Chief Rajiv Jain also attended the function.