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According to the sources, connected January 10, a missive was sent from the Delhi Police's information part to its counterpart portion led by Punjab's Additional Director General highlighting an "area of interest relating to information of protected persons". (Photo: Express Archive/ Praveen Khanna)
After Delhi Police asked their counterpart successful Punjab to “intimate circuit plans and information details” of protectees during elections and Republic Day relation successful the nationalist capital, the Punjab Police person appointed an adjunct inspector wide (AIG) arsenic a nodal serviceman to support “liaison and coordination” betwixt the two, sources said.
The Punjab Police person besides written to each its protectees, including Punjab ministers and MLAs, to pass them to supply their circuit details to the AIG, they said.
The determination comes amid a warfare of words betwixt the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party aft New Delhi campaigner Parvesh Sahib Singh questioned the beingness of respective cars registered successful Punjab being portion of the AAP’s run up of the Assembly polls.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and respective different ministers from the AAP-ruled authorities are successful the National Capital to run for AAP. Mann has addressed astatine slightest six rallies successful the metropolis already.
According to the sources, connected January 10, a missive was sent from the Delhi Police’s information part to its counterpart portion led by Punjab’s Additional Director General highlighting an “area of interest relating to information of protected persons”.
The missive states that successful presumption of the heightened information alertness successful transportation with Republic Day 2025 and Delhi Assembly elections, the Punjab Police should supply accusation regarding circuit programmes of protectees of Punjab and accompanying information components portion travelling to Delhi.
In compliance with the letter, the Punjab Police replied to the Delhi Police commissioner and stated that they person asked ADGP, Security, to support liaison and coordination with the peculiar commissioner of police, Protective Security Division, Delhi, and besides to instrumentality suitable measures for briefing and sensitising the Punjab Police officers progressive successful the provisioning of information to the protectees whenever they mean to undertake road, train, aerial travel to Delhi.
The Punjab Police besides appointed an AIG, Security, Punjab, arsenic nodal serviceman to stay successful interaction with the lawman commissioner of constabulary (DCP), security, successful Delhi Police, the sources said, citing the contents of the letter.
It further stated that successful the presumption of Punjab being a borderline authorities having been affected by terrorism, continuous attempts of revival of coercion successful Punjab with respective grenade attacks having taken spot connected constabulary stations successful the authorities recently, and continuous efforts of anti-national elements to foment trouble, the menace cognition of the protectees factors each applicable inputs to guarantee information and information of the protectees, arsenic immoderate untoward incidental tin adversely interaction the interior information script successful the country.
“It is assured that determination would beryllium implicit practice from Punjab Police successful ensuring adherence to rules,” it added.
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