Delhi High Court refuses to reinstate dismissed BSF constable in contact with Pakistan Intelligence Operative
The Hindu
The Bench said the petitioner’s claim that there was no cogent evidence against him cannot be accepted.
The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the dismissal of a BSF constable who was allegedly in contact with a suspected Pakistan Intelligence Operative (PIO) since 2018 and was found to be in possession of four mobile phones and five SIM cards while being deployed on Indo-Pakistan Border.
A Bench headed by Justice Manmohan dismissed the petitioner constable’s plea for reinstatement and said his “explanation” that he used the devices to talk to his family members and that he brought one instrument to repair and purchased another for his son, was “completely fanciful and has been rightly rejected by the competent authority”.
The Bench, also comprising Justice Navin Chawla, said the petitioner’s claim that there was no cogent evidence against him cannot be accepted and there was no infirmity in the authorities’ decision to dispense with the formal disciplinary inquiry before passing the order of dismissal.