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| JeM abduction threat, kins of Manmohan, Vajpayee, Sonia to get maximum security | | |
NEW DELHI, NOV 12
In the wake of enhanced abduction threat from Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Centre will provide maxium security cover for kins of VVIPs inlcuding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the middle of last month and was implemented recently after carrying out a review of security for the kins of the VVIPs, official sources said.
Among others, grandchildren of Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Vajpayee would be provided by the "Z" category security.
The meeting was called after security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir had intercepted a wireless message of JeM which suggested that militants were planning to kidnap kins of these VVIPs to secure the release of some militants in various jails of the country.
The sources said the family members, including daughters, their husbands and the grand-children of the Prime Minister, would be put under the security net as a measure to thwart any of the nefarious designs of the militants.
Under the Special Protection Group Act, the Prime Minister and his immediate family members get the SPG cover while the former premiers are provided with the cover of this elite force for one year after they step down.
However, an amendment was made by the government in early 90's under which the SPG cover was provided to Sonia Gandhi. Similarly, the cover for Vajpayee is also extended beyound the one-year period.
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