24 villagers injured in SSB lathicharge in Sitamarhi

At least 24 people were injured in a lathicharge by Sashashtra Seema Bal (SSB) to disperse a stone pelting mob at Bhithha near Indo-Nepal border in the district today, Superintendent of Police Hari Prasath S said.
The incident occurred when the jawans, manning the border, asked some villagers to remove several bags of wheat kept on the 'no man's land' along the Indo-Nepal border, SSB Deputy Commandant Munna Singh said.
At this, the villagers pelted stones at the jawans who resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse them, he said.
Villagers, on the other hand, lodged an FIR with the local police station complaining that when the jawans passed lewd comments on some women gone out to attend nature's call, they protested and the jawans lathicharged them.

The DG said the force is well prepared and has created
awareness amongst its troops and officials to cope up with the challenges posed by demonetisation and be part of the cashless system.

She added the seizure of illicit liquor, in border areas, has also gone up since Bihar banned it early this year.
The DG, who became the first woman chief of a paramilitary force when she took the top post at SSB in February this year, said her priority was to ensure the women personnel of the force get "as important work as given to the men."
"We are also working to increase the numbers of women in combat in this force. We were the first to induct in these ranks in 2007. We are slowly achieving the target of having more and more women in the ranks...To increase the representation of women in SSB...By following the policy of the government for border guarding forces to have 15 per cent of the total strength as women," she added.

The force has 67 battalions on ground at present (about 67,000 personnel) and in the next two years it will raise more such contingents to rise its number upto 73 battalions.