surender gupta dunar news headlines- The ‘Y’ category CRPF protection comes after spate of attacks on cadre.
The Centre has granted VIP security cover to four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Kerala, in response to the State party unit’s allegation that there has been a spate of attacks on its cadres after the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government came to power.
BJP State president Kummanam Rajasekharan, former State president P.K. Krishnadas, general secretaries M.T. Ramesh and K. Surendran were granted ‘Y’ category security by the Home Ministry a fortnight ago.
12 guards per person
This means around twelve personnel will give them proximity security cover, a senior Home Ministry official said. The Kerala unit of the BJP has alleged that there were more than 400 attacks on its cadres and workers affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the State last year.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been asked to take up the security detail, the Home Ministry official said. Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had raised the issue of attack on BJP and RSS functionaries during a rally in Kozhikode.
Committees assess risk
There are two committees which decide the allocation of a security category: the Protection Review Group and the Security Categorisation Committee, both headed by the Union Home Secretary and including Intelligence Bureau officials. Around 300 individuals are given security cover by central security forces which include CRPF, CISF, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Security Force (BSF).
“We grant security on the basis of the assessment done by the intelligence agencies. Their ground reports suggested that the four BJP persons required protection,” the Ministry official.
In December 2016, four RSS functionaries in Punjab were also accorded central security cover. Punjab goes to the polls on February 4.
‘X’ category security
The four RSS leaders — Rameshwar Dass from Ludhiana, Pramod from Amritsar, Ramgopal and Kuldeep Bhagat from Jalandhar were given ‘X’ category security. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which has a specialised VIP security unit was tasked with providing cover to the RSS functionaries. Under the ‘X’ category, about 5-6 armed commandos are deployed with each VIP.
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