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PM security breach: MHA panel summons over a dozen top Punjab Police officers
Updated On: 07 January, 2022 04:31 PM IST | New Delhi | ANI
In its day one enquiry into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s visit to Punjab on January 5, the MHA team started detailed questioning with these police officers after visiting the spot where PM Modi`s convoy was stuck for nearly 20 minutes and the place where he was going to attend an event
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Prime Minister Modi was to visit Ferozepur, Punjab to lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects. The trip was cancelled post a security breach. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
A three-member committee, constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to probe security lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s security during his visit to Punjab, summoned Punjab Director General of Police Siddharth Chattopadhyaya and nearly a dozen top state police officials in its day one visit to the state, said sources.
In its day one enquiry into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s visit to Punjab on Wednesday, the MHA team started detailed questioning with these police officers after visiting the spot where PM Modi`s convoy was stuck for nearly 20 minutes and the place where he was going to attend an event. The three-member committee led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat and comprising of Balbir Singh, Joint Director, IB and S. Suresh, IG, SPG enquired about many unanswered questions with these Punjab Police officers. Among the officers were Ferozepur`s Director General of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police who had key responsibility for the clearance of PM Modi`s route.
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