NEW DELHI: Bollywood star Salman Khan will flag off an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) marathon here Oct 7.

The “ITBP Run for the Nation” will start at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, proceed up to the Rajpath-Janpath junction in the heart of the city and return to the stadium, an ITBP statement said.

ITBP Director General Ranjit Sinha said the aim of the run was to motivate youths to contribute to nation building and to make them join security forces in larger numbers.