Ravi Gandhi, the inspector-general of the north Bengal frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF), was conferred with the President’s police medal for distinguished service.

Union home minister Amit Shah awarded the medal to Gandhi in Jaisalmer during the 57th raising day parade of the force.

Pankaj Kumar Singh, the director general of the BSF, was present at the event with other dignitaries.

In June this year, Gandhi had taken charge of the NB frontier. Since then, troops posted at the Indo-Bangla border under the frontier have seized various contraband ranging from cattle to narcotics worth Rs 74.06 crore. This apart, 133 smugglers and 125 illegal entrants have been apprehended by the BSF from the bordering areas of the frontier under his tenure.