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Centre accords Z-plus security cover to Sharad Pawar   

Team of 55 armed CRPF personnel been earmarked for the task
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar. PTI file
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New Delhi, August 21

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The Centre on Wednesday accorded the highest category of armed VIP security cover—Z plus—to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar, official sources said.

The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to extend the cover to the 83-year-old former chief minister of Maharashtra. A team of 55 armed CRPF personnel has been earmarked for the task.

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A threat assessment review by Central agencies has recommended a strong security cover to Pawar. The Centre has accorded him a Z-plus cover to be protected by the CRPF VIP security wing, the sources said.

A CRPF team is already in Maharashtra to take up the task, they said.

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The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z+ followed by Z, Y+, Y and X.

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