The Union Home Ministry has enhanced the powers of the BSF to ldquo arrest search and seize rdquo wi...........

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The Union Home Ministry has enhanced the powers of the BSF to “arrest, search and seize” within 50 km from the international boundary in Assam, West Bengal and Punjab. In this regard, consider the following statements

After a suspect has been detained or a consignment seized within the specified area, the BSF can only conduct preliminary questioning.
The suspect should be handed to the local police within 48 hours.
The BSF does not have the powers to prosecute crime suspects.

Choose the correct statement.

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

The Union Home Ministry has enhanced the powers of the Border Security Force (BSF) to “arrest, search and seize” within 50 km from the international boundary in Assam, West Bengal and Punjab. Such operational powers of the BSF, a Central armed police force under the Union, will also be applicable to the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh,

Earlier, the BSF’s limit was fixed up to 80 km from the international boundary in Gujarat and 15 km in Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
The October 11 notification replaces a 2014 order under the BSF Act, 1968, which also covered the States of Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.
After a suspect has been detained or a consignment seized within the specified area, the BSF can only conduct “preliminary questioning” and has to hand over the suspect to the local police within 24 hours. The BSF does not have the powers to prosecute crime suspects.

Hence both statements 1&3 are correct.

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