Seven Punjab Police officers have been suspended in connection with ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state last year.
The officers who have been suspended include the then Superi൲ntendent of Police in Ferozepur district and two DSP-rank officers, NDTV reported.
The incident had taken place on January 5 last year when Prime Minister Modi was in Punjab to 🍃attend a rally in the run-up to the Assembl⛄y polls.
The Prime Minister's convoy was stranded on a flyove🃏r for about 20 minutes due t😼o a blockade by protesting farmers.
While BJP leaders h⛦ad targeted the then Charanjit Singh Channi government over the lapse, the Congrꦜess had said the Prime Minister's travel plans were tweaked at the last moment.
A Supreme Court-appointed commi🍌ttee that probed the security breach had held several state officers responsible for the security breach.
The current Bhagwant Maꦺnn-led AAP government has now suspended seven police officers for the lapse.
Gurbinder Singh, then Ferozepur police chief and now Bathinda 🌜SP, had earlier been suspended. A November 22 order lists the names of six more policemen to face action. DSP-rank officers Parson Singh and Jagdish Kumar, Inspectors Jatinder Singh and Balwinder Singh, Sub-Inspector Jaswant Singh and Assistant Sub-Inspector Ramesh Kumar have also suspended, according to the state home department order.
The order states that all seven policemen will face action under Rule 8 of Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970. The penalties under these rules can range from withholding of promotion to dismissal from service.
