New Delhi, March 7

The BSF today withdrew an order deducting a week’s salary of a jawan for showing “disrespect” towards the Prime Minister during a routine drill after Narendra Modi expressed his displeasure over the punishment, the force said.Modi directed the BSF today to immediately withdraw the order, a spokesperson for the paramilitary said, adding that it had been rescinded.Constable Sanjeev Kumar, posted in the 15th battalion of the Border Security Force deployed in West Bengal’s Nadia district, was found “guilty” by his commanding officer (CO) for using the words “Modi programme” while attending a morning roll call task on February 21.The CO of the unit, Commandant Anup Lal Bhagat, issued an order handing down a “pay fine of 7 days”, which means a salary cut for a week, to the jawan for “showing disrespect towards the PM”.“The Prime Minister has expressed his displeasure and directed the force to immediately withdraw the punishment. The order has been rescinded and the Commandant concerned has been cautioned for not dealing with the matter judiciously,” the BSF spokesperson said.Officials said the jawan referred to an event that he attended as “Modi programme” during the ‘zero parade’ or reporting assembly of briefing seniors about their official activities. — PTI