Sharad Pawar To Get Z Plus Security Cover: Report

The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to extend the cover to Sharad Pawar.

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A threat assessment review has recommended a strong security cover to Sharad Pawar.

New Delhi:

The Centre on Wednesday accorded the highest category of armed VIP security cover -- Z plus -- to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar, official sources said.

The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to extend the cover to the 83-year-old former chief minister of Maharashtra. A team of 55 armed CRPF personnel has been earmarked for the task.

A threat assessment review by central agencies has recommended a strong security cover to Mr Pawar. The Centre has accorded him a Z plus cover to be protected by the CRPF VIP security wing, the sources said.

A CRPF team is already in Maharashtra to take up the task, they said.

The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z followed by Z, Y, Y and X. 

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