PM Security Breach: SC constituted a five-member committee..
A month after the lapse in the security of prime minister Narendra Modi in punjab, a five-member committee constituted by the supreme court on sunday reached the site of the incident for the first time in Ferozepur to investigate the matter. The supreme court on january 12 constituted a five-member committee headed by retired supreme court judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe the security lapse.
Justice Indu Malhotra, on her way to a public meeting in Ferozepur, inspected the flyover on which the prime minister was stuck for about 15 to 20 minutes. She also went to the place where the rally was to be held. Justice Malhotra was accompanied by the DGP of Chandigarh, the IG of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the ADGP security of punjab, and the Registrar General of the punjab and haryana High Court. It is worth noting that the entire record related to the PM's visit has already reached the committee. Last month, the Center and the punjab government had launched separate investigations after the prime minister's security lapses. punjab has formed a committee of retired Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and home Secretary Anurag Verma.While the Center had also formed an inquiry committee headed by the Security Secretary along with Intelligence Bureau and SPG officials. The Central Committee had already started the investigation and then the matter reached the supreme Court. The top court dismissed both the committees. Subsequently, a joint inquiry committee was constituted under the leadership of retired Justice Indu Malhotra.