BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s most trusted aide and IAS officer-turned-BJD chief V Ok Pandian’s safety cowl has been scaled as much as Z class, in line with a current letter from Odisha police to all SPs and commissionerate police. The state govt has additionally enhanced the safety covers of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP’s nationwide vice-president Baijayant Panda to Z class, the order learn.
State BJP president Manmohan Samal, Congress state chief Sarat Pattanayak and Congress’s Kantabanji MLA candidate Santosh Singh Saluja have been supplied with Y class safety cowl.
Barring Pandian, the opposite 5 VIP protectees are contesting the elections. In line with Odisha police, the six politicians have been accorded Z and Y safety covers in view of risk perceptions to their lives attributable to their publicity in public locations for election campaigns.
On February 10, 2018, a bunch of BJP staff had allegedly stormed into Pandian’s residence within the state capital and resorted to vandalism. On August 19, 2023, Bhaskar Sahoo (38), a social employee from Kanas space, had thrown ink on Pandian throughout a grievance redressal programme in Satyabadi space of Puri district. Pandian was the non-public secretary of Naveen when each the incidents befell.
Pandian was earlier supplied with two private safety officers (PSOs), a havildar and 4 constables as home guards, moreover one other havildar and 4 different constables as escort get together whereas he was on the transfer. As per the Z cowl, Pandian can be given a minimum of 22 police personnel, Odisha police sources mentioned.
Not too long ago, the Saheed Nagar police in Bhubaneswar registered a case towards three males for allegedly circulating a pretend letter regarding Pandian’s safety cowl. The accused had claimed that Pandian loved safety cowl of 74 police personnel.
Union minister Pradhan, who’s contesting from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, was already given Y safety by the ministry of dwelling affairs. Pradhan was earlier supplied with two PSOs, a havildar and 4 constables, together with a pilot/escort.
Saluja, who was given two PSOs, will stay underneath the Y safety cowl after he acquired loss of life threats from nameless folks in February. Panda, who has been given Z cowl, was earlier not underneath any VIP safety cowl, a senior police officer mentioned.
State BJP president Manmohan Samal, Congress state chief Sarat Pattanayak and Congress’s Kantabanji MLA candidate Santosh Singh Saluja have been supplied with Y class safety cowl.
Barring Pandian, the opposite 5 VIP protectees are contesting the elections. In line with Odisha police, the six politicians have been accorded Z and Y safety covers in view of risk perceptions to their lives attributable to their publicity in public locations for election campaigns.
On February 10, 2018, a bunch of BJP staff had allegedly stormed into Pandian’s residence within the state capital and resorted to vandalism. On August 19, 2023, Bhaskar Sahoo (38), a social employee from Kanas space, had thrown ink on Pandian throughout a grievance redressal programme in Satyabadi space of Puri district. Pandian was the non-public secretary of Naveen when each the incidents befell.
Pandian was earlier supplied with two private safety officers (PSOs), a havildar and 4 constables as home guards, moreover one other havildar and 4 different constables as escort get together whereas he was on the transfer. As per the Z cowl, Pandian can be given a minimum of 22 police personnel, Odisha police sources mentioned.
Not too long ago, the Saheed Nagar police in Bhubaneswar registered a case towards three males for allegedly circulating a pretend letter regarding Pandian’s safety cowl. The accused had claimed that Pandian loved safety cowl of 74 police personnel.
Union minister Pradhan, who’s contesting from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, was already given Y safety by the ministry of dwelling affairs. Pradhan was earlier supplied with two PSOs, a havildar and 4 constables, together with a pilot/escort.
Saluja, who was given two PSOs, will stay underneath the Y safety cowl after he acquired loss of life threats from nameless folks in February. Panda, who has been given Z cowl, was earlier not underneath any VIP safety cowl, a senior police officer mentioned.
