Chandigarh: The Punjab government has submitted a report on a security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ferozepur, to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Bathinda senior superintendent of police (SSP) blames his Ferozepur counterpart for the lapse in the security of PM Modi, in the report.
For the prime minister’s security during his visit to Punjab on January 5, Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Maluja and five more officers were responsible. Maluja was issued a show-cause notice by the MHA on Friday.
Maluja claimed that he provided safe passage to the PM’s convoy till his jurisdiction and blamed Ferozepur SSP Harman Hans for the lapse in security, in the report presented to MHA.
On Thursday, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) claimed that the protesting farmers had been told by SSP Harman Hans that PM Modi’s cavalcade would pass along that route. They had been asked to clear the route near the flyover on which the cavalcade was stuck for nearly 20 minutes, but the protesters thought the SSP was lying (about the convoy’s route).
The report also shared the sequence of events leading to the incident and claimed that the farmers’ protest was ‘sudden’. An FIR has been filed in the matter and a two-member panel set up the report states.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy was stuck on a flyover in Punjab for nearly 20 minutes because of a protest by the farmers. The cavalcade was stuck and private cars were seen approaching, which was a major security breach. PM Modi returned to the airport in Bathinda because of the lapse.
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