CRPF commandos to join Delhi Police in CM’s Z-category cover

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos will join the Delhi Police in providing security to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, according to official sources.

The CRPF commandos will secure the inner cordon and the Delhi Police will form the outer ring, the source added.

The Delhi Police as well as the CRPF, under the Union Home Ministry (MHA), will jointly work to ensure Z-category level protection to the Chief Minister at her official residence, during her travel in the national capital and the rest of the country, they said.

The security review came after an attack on the CM by a man on the morning of August 20 during a ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme at her camp office in the Civil Lines area.

Following this, her security was transferred to the CRPF from the Delhi Police on a temporary basis. Later, central paramilitary force personnel were withdrawn.

However, a fresh security revamp for the CM had been done after a joint review by central intelligence and security agencies, and the CRPF and the Delhi Police would jointly carry out the task now, the sources said.

The VIP security cover under the central protection list starts from the highest Z-plus (ASL) category, followed by Z-plus, Z, Y, Y-plus and X.

The security detail under Z category consists of 22 personnel, including 4 to 6 commandos and police, with at least one bulletproof vehicle.