NEW DELHI – Official sources say that the Central government has taken away the Z-category security that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) gave to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The decision was made less than a week after the Union Home Ministry ordered CRPF troops to guard her after she was attacked violently.
The Delhi Police are now in charge of the Chief Minister’s security again. On August 20, at her camp office in the Civil Lines area, Gupta, 51, was attacked at a “Jan Sunwai” (public hearing). The people in her office quickly called the event a “well-planned conspiracy to kill her.”
After the attack, the Union Home Ministry’s VIP security section told the CRPF to give Gupta Z-category protection. Z-category security is one of the highest levels of protection in India. It usually includes a detail of about 22 people, including 4 to 6 commandos and police officers. But sources told the PTI news agency that there was never an official order for the CRPF deployment, and the plan was later changed.
So far, the police in Delhi have arrested two people in connection with the attack on the Chief Minister. The main suspect is Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimji, a 41-year-old auto-rickshaw driver from Rajkot, Gujarat.
People are asking questions about the sudden shift in the Chief Minister’s security team, especially because the threat was so serious and recent. The choice gives the Delhi Police back her security, which they have been doing for a long time.