Former BSF chief EN Rammohan, known as an upright officer who saw insurgency from close quarters, died at the age of 77 in Delhi on Sunday. He was undergoing treatment for the past 10 days after suffering from serious prostate cancer.

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He was admitted at the AIIMS Trauma Centre after he suffered a fracture in his ribs. The former IPS officer was also suffering from prostate cancer.

His last rites were performed at the Lodhi Road crematorium by his family members.

Several serving and retired officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) paid their last respects to their former chief even as a ceremonial force contingent gave him the traditional last salute with gun shots fired in the air.

The 1965-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre headed the BSF between December 1997 and November 2000. He earlier served in the force as its Inspector General (Operations) at the Delhi headquarters.

Rammohan headed a panel to look into the lapses that took place during a Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh in 2010 that killed 76 security officers.

He was also a regular on news channels discussing internal security issues and was considered an expert in counter-insurgency operations as he served in the Northeast and Central paramilitary forces.

The official Twitter handle of BSF said "a legend hangs his boots forever...."