Soldiers deployed for the security of Parliament House
New Delhi:After the incident of breach in the security of Parliament, the government has now decided to hand over the responsibility of security of the entire complex to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). According to sources, the Union Home Ministry on Wednesday directed a survey of the Parliament House complex so that “regular deployment of CISF security and fire brigade on a wider basis” can be done.
This weekend’s survey
CISF fire and rescue officials along with experts from the Government Building Security (GBS) unit of CISF, which guards central government ministries, and officials from the current Parliament security team will begin the survey later this week.
Parliament complex will be brought under heavy security cover
Sources said both the new and old Parliament complexes and their associated buildings will be brought under extensive security cover of the CISF, which will also include Parliament Security Service (PSS), Delhi Police and the Parliament Duty Group (PDG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Existing components will also be present.
CISF handles the security of airport and Delhi Metro.
CISF is a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) that currently guards establishments under the nuclear and aerospace domain, airports and Delhi Metro as well as several central ministry buildings in the national capital.
In a major security lapse on December 13, the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament, two men jumped from the audience gallery into the Lok Sabha chamber during Zero Hour, released yellow smoke from a ‘can’ and raised slogans. The accused were later controlled by the MPs. Around the same time, two other people released colored smoke from ‘canes’ while raising slogans outside the Parliament complex. A committee headed by CRPF Director General Anish Dayal Singh is looking into the overall security issues of the Parliament complex and will make recommendations to the Union Home Ministry for improvements. (input language)
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