Jagjeet Singh Bhalla Joined: April 3, 2026 Jagjeet Singh Bhalla is a retired deputy inspector general from the Border Security Force and an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He is a recipient of the Police Medal for Gallantry and the Meritorious Service Medal. He held some key appoints during his 36 years of service, including DIG (Operations) at Headquarters, Directorate General, BSF, and served as director in the National Security Council Secretariat.
In this op-ed, former DIG BSF Jagjeet Singh Bhalla argues that the longstanding claim of IPS superiority over CAPF cadre officers is an administrative fiction that dishonours those forces’ operational reality.