BSF to organise half Marathon in memory of killed troopers

Kolkata Sep 20 (IANS) In a bid to pay homage to the killed Border Security Force (BSF) personnel BSF s South Bengal Frontier will organise a half marathon in the city on October this year an official said on Wednesday.

"A total of 1 841 troopers have died while protecting the country s border areas since the inception of BSF in 1965. To commemorate their sacrifices we are organising a half marathon in the city with three distance categories on October 29 " R P Singh Additional Director General of BSF s Eastern Command said at the curtain raiser of the event here.

The race open for both male and female participants would start from Kolkata s Red Road area.

Hailing the initiative former Indian Football Team captain Bhaichung Bhutia launched the social media pages of the half marathon and wished the event a grand success.

--IANS
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