In a gesture of goodwill extending beyond the borders, an SSB officer has saved the lives of newly-born Nepalese twins by donating blood of a rare group, along the Indo-Nepal International Border (IB) in Bihar.
Officials said on May 24 Naveen Kumar Singh, a resident of Nepal's Rautahat district, approached officials of border guarding Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and informed them about urgent requirement of "O-ve" blood for his twin babies who had developed some "serious health complications."
They said Singh and his wife Seema, after finding no person with the rare blood group in their area, approached the SSB's border post at Bhanga, opposite the IB along Bihar's Sitamarhi district for help.
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The company commander of the 20th battalion deployed in the area, Vijay K Isser, volunteered as he had an "O-ve" blood group.
Assistant Commandant Isser, who commands the 'Alpha' company of the SSB at the border, immediately got in touch with his Nepal counterparts on the border and crossed over to the 'Brajaha' village to donate the blood to the twins, they said.
A senior SSB officer said Isser donated one unit of blood that saved the lives of the twins, born in March this year.
SSB's official twitter handle too tweeted the development: "A big clap for Vinay Kr Isser, Asst Commdt ACoy, Bhanga 20Bn for his promptselfless initiative in saving the lives of the twins from #Nepal."
Paramilitary SSB is tasked with guarding the 1,751-km long Indo-Nepal border and is also the lead intelligence gathering Indian agency on this open border.
