New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court to secure and preserve the travel records of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Punjab forthwith.
The Prime Minister was stuck atop a flyover for over 15-20 minutes while on his way to Ferozpur, Punjab on Wednesday due to the road being blocked by some protesters.
The Ministry of Home Affairs termed it as a “major lapse” in his security.
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# NIA may assist the probe, matter can’t be left to just anyone, says SG
# Solicitor General Tushar Mehta says the incident has caused international embarrassment. Senior advocate DS Patwalia, AG of Punjab tells Supreme Court that Punjab is taking the issue very seriously. A committee was constituted by State govt on the same day of the incident.
# The team of MHA officials probing the lapse in Prime Minister’s NarendraModi’s security reaches ground zero in Ferozepur. They are searching the areas where the PM’s cavalcade was stuck.
# 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
With protesters blocking the road, the PM’s cavalcade was stranded on a flyover 30 km from the National Martyrs Memorial in Punjab’s Hussainiwala on January 5 where the Prime Minister was going to attend an event organized for the inauguration of several projects of crores of rupees.
Assembly polls in Punjab are scheduled to be held this year.
