The 2001 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Mr Deepak M Damor has been posted as the Inspector General (IG) of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) for the Gujarat frontier.
Mr Damor hails from Gujarat and belongs to tribal population dominated district, Dahod. He previously held the post of Inspector General of the National Crime Records Bureau.
He has also served in Gujarat as an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the past.
He had been Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu. He was also IG Central zone in Tamil Nadu police.
Gujarat frontier has been effectively dominating 826 Kms of the International Border with Pakistan from BP No. 780, in Barmer (Rajasthan) to Sir Mouth and 85 Kms of the Coastal border from Medi to Jakhau.
The Frontier has a unique distinction of encompassing three distinct types of terrain i.e. the great Thar Desert and the undulating sand dunes of Barmer, vast expanses of salty marshlands of Rann of Kutch, and the serpentine treacherous Creeks.
