As many as 190 newly recruited jawans of C and D companies 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.
IG BSF PC Mishra took the salute of the jawans in the passing out parade. Addressing the new recruits Mishra said they had completed their training and now they would go 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 in the present practical lifestyle, they also needed to give priority to human values.
All 352 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 325 jawans, 73 were from West Bengal, 18 were from Assam, 4 were from Gujarat, 149 were from Bihar, 55 from Punjab, 1 each of Jharkhand and Meghalaya and 2 each were from Maharashtra, HP and J&K.
In C company, Chandan Kumar Verma was awarded as the Best Cadet while Dilip Kumar bagged 2nd position. Chandan Prasad was given the award of Best in Endurance. Harpreet Singh was awarded Best Firer award while Chandan Kumar was given ‘Best in Drill’ award. In D company Rahul Ghosh was declared best cadet and Hemraj 2nd Best. Madhur Jaikumar lashkar was declared best firer while Kamal Gogoi won the prize of drill and Rafikkul Islam of endurance.
The passing out parade was led by new recruit Captain Kamal Gogoi. The brass band party of BSF Merucharmed the gathering with their performance. On this occasion officers of local administration, BSF administration, family members of new recruits and employees of BSF Meruwere present in large numbers.