Nana Patekar visits ITBP headquarters in Delhi

Actor Nana Patekar Tuesday visited the headquarters of border guarding force ITBP here and met top commanders, a senior official said. The official said the actor plans to contribute for some welfare programmes of the personnel and their families.

During his about-an-hour visit at the headquarters of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Lodhi Road here, he met the Director General (DG) of the force, S S Deswal, and other senior officers, the official said. "During the meeting, Patekar expressed his interest to work for the welfare of ITBP personnel and said he wants to take some initiatives for them. He would like to work for education of the wards of ITBP personnel. He also expressed his willingness to visit border posts to meet jawans and boost their morale," ITBP spokesperson Vivek K Pandey said.

Patekar, 68, had made a similar visit to the ITBP head office in 2016 too. The actor on Monday met senior officials of the Union home ministry.

The about 90,000 personnel strength force is tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control with China.