Illness, heart attacks killing more BSF men than border ops
As per official data, in the last two years, more BSF personnel have died of heart attack and other illnesses than on the borders and anti-Naxal operations. Only 25 of total 774 deaths between January 2015 and September 2016 were battle casualties, the data revealed. While 117 died of cardiac arrest, 38 died of cancer and 18 died of HIV/AIDS.