New Delhi: In a gesture of goodwill which goes beyond borders, an SSB officer has saved the lives of newly-born Nepalese twins by donating blood of a rare group, along the Indo-Nepal International Border (IB) in Bihar.
Officials said on May 24 Naveen Kumar Singh, a resident of Nepal's Rautahat district, approached officials of border guarding Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and informed them about urgent requirement of "O-ve" blood for his twin babies who had developed some "serious health complications."
They said Singh and his wife Seema, after finding no person with the rare blood group in their area, approached the SSB's border post at Bhanga, opposite the International Border along Bihar's Sitamarhi district for help.
Assistant commandant Isser, who commands the 'Alpha' company of the SSB at the border, immediately got in touch with his Nepal counterparts on the border and crossed over to the Brajaha village to donate the blood to the twins, officials said.
A senior SSB officer said Isser donated one unit of blood that saved the lives of the twins, born in March this year. SSB’s official twitter handle too tweeted the development: "A big clap for Vinay Kr Isser, Asst Commdt ACoy, Bhanga 20Bn for his prompt selfless initiative in saving the lives of the twins from #Nepal."
Paramilitary SSB is tasked with guarding the 1,751km long Indo-Nepal border and is also the lead intelligence gathering Indian agency on this open border.