AMAR GETS ‘Z’ CATEGORY CENTRAL SECURITY AGAIN
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded ‘Z’ category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following “recent activities”, a development that comes in the backdrop of infighting in SP ahead of UP assembly polls. Officials said the Union home ministry issued an order in this regard Saturday and asked the CISF to take up the task with immediate effect.
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded ‘Z’ category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following “recent activities”, a development that comes against the backdrop of infighting in the SP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Officials said the Union home ministry issued an order on Saturday night and asked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to take up the task with immediate effect.
“In view of recent activities, there is perceptible threat,” an official said citing inputs provided by central agencies but did not elaborate.
Singh, a close aide of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh, will have a contingent of least two dozen armed commandos of the CISF as part of the ‘Z’ cover and they will secure him every time he is mobile in Uttar Pradesh.
When he is in Delhi, a team of Delhi Police is expected to take up the same responsibility.
Singh, who became an MP in May last year after a patchup with the SP leadership, has come into limelight again as Mulayam and his son Akhilesh Yadav are locked in a battle over the control of SP.
Officials said Amar Singh was a protectee of the CISF from 2008 to mid-2016 and this task was transferred to UP Police by the Union home ministry later.
“The cover was withdrawn in mid-2016 by the Centre and UP Police was asked to take over.
“It has now again been revised to the earlier ‘Z’ category under the same force — CISF,” an official added.
Polls for the 403-seat UP assembly will commence from next month
AMAR SINGH WAS A PROTECTEE OF CISF FROM 2008 TO 2016 AND THE TASK WAS TRANSFERRED TO UP POLICE BY UNION HOME MINISTRY