Centre accords Z-plus security cover to Sharad Pawar
New Delhi, August 21
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.
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.
The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z+ followed by Z, Y+, Y and X.
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