The Delhi Police is planning to approach the Home Ministry with a list of 18 state ministers and 12 MPs who have security cover even after completing their term/term.
The Indian Express He found out that the police will ask the Ministry to decide if security cover needs to be kept for these people.
A source at the Delhi Police headquarters said that the security wing conducted the audit a few months ago after realizing that many people had security cover and that some had not been reviewed for a long time.
“After the audit, the security cover of many people was removed. “But it also found that many MoS, members of Parliament and other people, even after they have completed their term of office, they still have security insurance,” said the source.
Those reported in the audit report, the source said, include former MoS with Y category security cover: Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Devusinh Chauhan, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Jasvantsinh Bhabhor, John Barla, Kaushal Kishore, Krishna Raj, Manish Tewari, PP Chaudhary. , Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Rameswar Teli, SS Ahluwalia, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Som Parkash, Sudarshan Bhagat, V Muraleedharan, former army chief General VK Singh and Vijay Goel.
“There are three MoSs: Ajay Bhatt, Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Bishweswar Tudu, whose profiles have been changed, but they still have Y category security cover as their last portfolio. According to the audit report, all the former MoS still have three PSOs and four policemen in their homes,” said the source.
In accordance with the procedure, a review of the security of the Protected Person, assigned by rank or on the basis of threat, is carried out at the end of the operation. After the review, the Delhi Police sent a letter to the MHA with its final decision.
“After conducting research and finding all these names, the security wing of the Delhi Police is planning to go to the MHA. It will ask the department to make a final touch regarding their security,” said the source.
Queries sent to Special CP (security wing) Jaspal Singh for comment did not elicit a response.
The audit report, said the source, has the names of former members of Parliament, Gautam Gambhir, Abhijit Mukherjee, Dr Karan Singh, Maulana Mahmood Madani, Naba Kumar Sarania, Ram Shankar Katheria, Ajay Maken (now Rajya Sabha), KC Tyagi, Parvesh Verma, Rakesh. Sinha, Ramesh Bidhuri and Vijay Inder Singla.
“The auditor’s report had other words. Former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik, former SAD member Deep Malhotra, former AAP member Rajendra Pal Gautam, former ED Director Karnail Singh, former Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, former MP VK Malhotra and they have a security cover,” the source said.
The security level of any individual is determined by the MHA, based on documents received from intelligence agencies. Certain people in government positions are automatically entitled to security cover.
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