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Security Breach: Supreme Court Directs To Preserve Records related To PM’s Punjab Visit

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to secure & preserve all records relating to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab on January 5.

To help the Registrar General and provide all the assistance, a bench headed by CJI NV Ramana, directed the state of Punjab, including the police authorities, SPG and other central and state agencies to cooperate. 

The bench, which also comprised Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, said that the Director General of the Union territory of Chandigarh and an NIA official will assist the Registrar General (RG) in collecting the records and asked the RG to keep all records in his safe custody for the time being.

The apex court also asked the Centre and the state to hold further action by the committees they have constituted to inquire into the alleged lapses in security measures pertaining to the Prime Minister’s visit till it hears the matter again on January 10.

The directions came on a plea by ‘Lawyer’s Voice’, a Delhi-based rights body.

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