14 Punjab police top brass summoned by MHA probing PM security breach
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The three-member committee led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat and comprising of Balbir Singh, Joint Director, IB and S. Suresh, IG, SPG probing the prime minister security breach incident has summoned 14 Punjab police top brass to join the MHA investigation at Ferozepur.
After the team constituted by MHA, they summoned DGP Punjab police S Chattopadhyaya and 13 other senior officials to reach Ferozepur on January 7,2022 when the MHA team is going to inspect the scene.
As per avaialble information, besides DGP Punjab S. Chattopadhyaya, the officials summoned are additional director general of police (ADGP) G Nageshwar Rao (ADGP/Cyber crime ), ADGP Jitendra Jain (ADGP/Powercom Patiala), inspector general of police (IGP), Patiala, Mukhwinder Singh Chinna, Ferozepur deputy inspector general Inderbir Singh, Faridkot DIG Surjeet Singh, Ferozepur deputy commissioner Davinder Singh, Ferozepur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harmandeep Hans, Moga SSP Charanjit Singh Sohal, Kotkapura duty magistrate Varinder Singh, Ludhiana joint commissioner Ankur Mahendru, Bathinda deputy commissioner ASP Sandhu, Bathinda SSP Ajay Maluja and the Ferozepur VVIP control room in-charge.
The communiqué sent by Punjab chief secretary Anirudh Tewari said, “You are requested to meet the committee on January 7 at 10am onwards at BSF Campus, Ferozepur, along with the relevant orders/documents/records with reference to the above subject.”
14 Punjab police top brass summoned by MHA probing PM security breach. Today morning a three member team constituted by union ministry of home affairs to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ferozepur visit on January 5, reached Ferozepur. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy was stranded on January 5, 2022 (Wednesday) for 20 minutes on a flyover due to a blockade by farm protesters in Ferozepur. He returned back from that point without attending any event, laying foundation stone including a BJP rally. The committee is advised to submit the report at the earliest.
January 7,2022
