Not just Vadra’s mum, Delhi Police withdraw security cover to 12 more VVIPs

The Delhi Police have decided to withdraw the security cover for 13 persons, including Robert Vadra’s mother Maureen Vadra and former Delhi Police chief and the present CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma.

Vadra was provided a cordon of six police officers. The list also includes Manishi Chandra, a Delhi Police officer with the Special Cell earlier and now posted in South district.

A Congress spokesperson and an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister are also among those who have lost the Delhi Police security cover.

The move came after some sections of the media raised questions about Vadra’s security cover. Robert Vadra, in a post on a social networking site, had written that it was the duty of security agencies to assess the security and they can withdraw it if they want to.

The Delhi Police prepared a list of 13 persons who were being given security cover under various categories and withdrew it with immediate effect. Though they didn’t release the names and designations of the VIPs, DNA has learnt that the list includes one

Pinki, VN Singh, Inspector Vidhya Dhar, Harish Chauhan, Alok Kumar, Manjula Verma, Manishi Chandra, Congress Spokesperson Ambika Dass, a former Delhi chief secretary and a minister from the Aam Aadmi …read more