Jammu, Feb. 5 -- The ministry of home affairs has appointed 2006-batch IPS officer Shashank Anand as the new inspector general (IG) of the Border Security Force of strategic Jammu sector.

Nearly 200-km-long Indo-Pak international border that meanders along Kathua, Samba and Jammu district is being guarded by the BSF. Anand is Haryana cadre IPS officer of the 2006 batch.

He previously served as deputy inspector general (DIG) in the BSF's Punjab frontier. Anand succeeded DK Boora, who has been transferred to the BSF headquarters at Delhi.

Boora headed Jammu frontier for nearly four years.

Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

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