PM Modi Security Breach: According to experts, the recent case of breach in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “unique case of lack of coordination” among the agencies responsible for the security of a VVIP. Experts believe that there should be legal provisions to fix responsibility and accountability in such cases.
Former NSG Director General Sudip Lakhtakia told PTI, “The entire security structure of the Prime Minister in a federal structure like our country, rests on a strong bond of mutual trust and coordination between the state police and the SPG. The state police is solely responsible for ensuring a safe passage for the Prime Minister’s travels.
There is no provision for penal action in the SPG Act
Officers working in VIP security and those who have worked or had knowledge of such security arrangements feel that this is a unique case of “lack of coordination” between the SPG, state police and intelligence agencies. He said that the SPG Act does not provide for any penal action against the erring officers.
The ‘Blue Book’ determines whether the Prime Minister’s security
Lakhtakia said that “the blue book (under which the SPG functions) stipulates that the security of the prime minister is the responsibility of the concerned state government/UT.” He told PTI that the fact that the prime minister’s convoy was obstructed. And it had to return without meeting the schedule, a prima facie matter of great security concern. Lakhtakia, a 1984 batch IPS officer who served in the SPG, said some serious mistake had happened and both the state government and the home ministry were looking into the circumstances and reasons.
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He said that the Union Home Ministry sends an advisory to the concerned State/UT regarding disciplinary action against the personnel for negligence etc. during the visit of the Prime Minister, recommending disciplinary action against the erring officials of the State Government. If any SPG personnel is found responsible for negligence, appropriate disciplinary action is recommended against him and he is sent back to his parent organization.
2 big lapses in PM Modi’s security
Former Director General of Sikkim Police, Avinash Mohanane, who has worked in the Intelligence Bureau for nearly three decades, believes that there were two lapses that day. The first lapse occurred when it was decided to take the Prime Minister by road from Bathinda to Firozpur, a distance of over 100 km, as helicopter travel was not possible. The second lapse was passing through a flyover that was probably closed by protesters from both sides.
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An official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that it has never happened that the prime minister got stuck somewhere like this and had to stop on a high road like a flyover, which is near the Pakistan border. At the same time, former Uttar Pradesh DGP OP Singh, who has worked in the SPG, told PTI that “coordination between the SPG, intelligence agencies and the state police is the most important aspect during the Prime Minister’s visit”. There should not be any mistake in the communication between them.
Big lapse in PM Modi’s security
Prime Minister Modi’s convoy was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes due to the blockade by agricultural protesters in Punjab’s Ferozepur on January 5, after which the Special Protection Group (SPG) asked to return to an Air Force airbase. decision made. One team each from the Central and Punjab government is investigating the matter. The matter has been termed by the Union Home Ministry as a “big security lapse”.
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