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Centre Appoints S L Thaosen as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal

A 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer S L Thaosen has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Thaosen, a Madhya Pradesh-cadre IPS officer, has been serving as the Special Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). The Sashastra Seema Bal force guards the country’s borders with Nepal (1,751 km) and Bhutan (699 km).

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The post of SSB chief has been lying vacant after incumbent DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra retired on December 31 last year. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG Sanjay Arora has been holding the additional charge of the Sashastra Seema Bal DG since then.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

  • Sashastra Seema Bal Founded: 1963;
  • Sashastra Seema Bal Headquarters: New Delhi.

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Sumit Arora

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