Bihar has created the post of Inspector General, Border, in a move aimed at tightening security and intelligence gathering along the state’s frontier with Nepal. The cabinet approved the proposal at a meeting chaired by chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday evening, officials said.
The new post has been placed under the Special Branch and is intended to strengthen vigilance along Bihar’s 729-km border with Nepal. Arvind Kumar said the post will help state intelligence agencies in maintaining vigilance along the Nepal border.
The decision came a week after chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit chaired a high-level meeting with top police officers and intelligence agencies and directed officials to remove encroachments on No Man’s land. That meeting followed Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Kishanganj district on February 24, when he led a review of border security along the India-Nepal frontier.
Shah’s discussions focused on strengthening surveillance, curbing infiltration and checking illegal activity, including drug smuggling and counterfeit currency circulation. The meeting was attended by union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai, then Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit and director general of police Vinay Kumar, while the directors general of the SSB, BSF and ITBP also accompanied Shah.
A senior police officer said the creation of the post of IG, Border, is a significant development toward the home minister’s resolve. The timing matters because border-security discussions have intensified in recent months, with officials focusing on No Man’s land encroachment, counterfeit currency, drug trafficking and other unlawful activity from Nepal and neighbouring Bangladesh.
The issue had also gained momentum during the 2025 Bihar assembly polls, when Shah vowed to drive out illegal infiltrators from Bihar. With the new post now in place, the state is moving to give that promise a permanent administrative handle on the Nepal border.
