KATHMANDU: An Armed Police Force (AFP) team left for Darchula on Wednesday in connection with setting up an APF’s unit in that area in a bid to secure the border around the Lipu Lekh area.
A border outpost (BOP) is being set up at Chhangru of Byas rural municipality in the district of Darchula.
The APF contingent of 25 personnel has been airlifted to Chhangru by a Nepali Army’s MI-17 helicopter.
The APF unit will be mobilized for border security as India unilaterally constructed and inaugurated a link road by encroaching the Nepali territory.
India has constructed a road from Pithoragadh to Lipubhanjyang via Gunji of Kalapani on the Nepal side of the border, connecting Manasarobar of Tibet.
According to the Chief of APF Nepal No. 50 Company, Deputy Superintendent Dambar Bahadur Bishta, the 25-member team would be mobilized under the command of Police Inspector Mili Bahadur Chand.
Although the government had decided to keep a BOP at Chhangru in November last year itself, it could not be implemented till date.
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