At least 5 persons, including 2 BSF personnel, were injured when villagers attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Sunday night, officials said.
Over 300 border residents on Saturday attended a free eye screening camp organised by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the International Border (IB) here, an officer of the border guarding force said. Deputy Inspector General of BSF S P S Sandhu said the camp was held with the assistance of centre for eye sight at Border Outpost Octroi under the shadow of recently inaugurated 131-feet national flag in Suchetgarh block of R S Pura sector. During this medical camp, Dr Srishty Senand her team examined a total of 311 civilians from various border villages. Free medicines were also distributed among the patients, Sandhu, who is also the public relations officer of the force, said.