The committee might be headed by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (Security) within the Cabinet Secretariat and can have Joint Director Intelligence Bureau Balbir Singh and SPG IG S Suresh as members.
The Special Protection Group (SPG), which is chargeable for the safety of the PM, capabilities underneath the management of the Cabinet Secretariat.
“Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted a committee to look into the serious lapse in security arrangements during Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visit to Ferozepur, Punjab on 05.01.2022, putting VVIPs at risk There was serious security risk,” the MHA stated in an announcement, including that the committee has been suggested to submit the report on the earliest.
On Wednesday, PM Modi’s convoy was caught on a flyover, 30 km from the National Martyrs Memorial in Hussainiwala, as protesters blocked the highway forward. Calling it a “big lapse in PM’s security”, the MHA had on Wednesday sought a report from the Punjab authorities, and requested the state to “fix responsibility for this lapse and take strict action”.
Sources stated the committee will look at the Advance Security Liaison Report ready earlier than the Prime Minister’s go to and see if there may be any breach of protocol throughout the go to.
Police personnel and officers on the flyover the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy received caught as a result of a blockade by a gaggle of protesters, in Ferozepur, Wednesday, January 5, 2022. (PTI)
Sources stated that each one these chargeable for PM’s safety from each the SPG and the state police could be questioned and all communications between the SPG and the native police could be analyzed to see who was chargeable for the lapse.
Planning the prime minister’s safety throughout any go to is an elaborate train involving each central businesses and state police forces. Three days earlier than any deliberate tour, the SPG conducts intensive consultations with all of the stakeholders. This assembly is known as Advance Security Liaison (ASL), which is a compulsory protocol for all PM’s visits.
The assembly is attended by SPG officers, intelligence bureau officers within the respective state, state cops and anxious district magistrates, amongst others. Every minute the main points of the journey and the mandatory safety preparations are mentioned. After the assembly is over, an ASL report is ready, which is signed by all of the individuals of the assembly. Based on this report, all safety preparations have been made.
A authorities supply stated, “What happened on Wednesday in Punjab is a violation of the SPG Act as the state government has failed to follow all the protocols laid down by the SPG for the PM’s movement.”
Section 14 of the SPG Act makes the state authorities chargeable for offering all help to the SPG throughout the PM’s motion.
The provisions of the title “Assistance to the Group” acknowledged: “It shall be the duty of every Ministry and Department of the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory Administration, every Indian Mission, every local or other authority or every civil or military authority. Act to assist the Director or any member of the Group whenever called upon to do so in carrying out the duties and responsibilities assigned to such Director or Member.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
