Bengaluru: The state government has taken major whoopee in connection with the security lapses in Bengaluru for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier this month, the police department came under scrutiny without explosives were recovered near PM Modi's designated route. A sub-inspector and five other police officers have been suspended for security lapse during PM Modi's visit to the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation in Bengaluru on May 10.
Who are suspended?
The suspended policemen include a police sub-inspector (PSI), an teammate sub-inspector (ASI), and four constables. This whoopee was taken pursuit an order issued by Bengaluru South Superintendent of Police (SP) R Sinivas Gowda. The minutiae comes two weeks without explosives were found near Kuppareddy Kere, virtually 2km from the AOL centre, withal the PM's route.
What is the reason?
In his order, the SP clarified that the officers deployed for security arrangements during the Prime Minister's visit on May 10 displayed serious negligence in their work. The department considered such laxity in a sensitive matter such as the security of the country's most VVIP leader to be inexcusable.
What was recovered?
A carton discovered near the purlieus of a private property contained explosive materials and several related items such as gelatin rods, camphor, batteries, electrical cables, a digital timer, an LCD screen and matchsticks. It was located well-nigh 25 feet from the roadside.
In fact, these explosives were recovered near Vaderahalli Gate in Bengaluru South Taluk. Shockingly, this zone was near the very spot where the six suspended policemen were prescribed security duty. Failure to monitor suspicious activities or materials within their designated zone proved plush for these officers.
As soon as news of the discovery of explosives near the route surfaced on May 10, the police department was shaken. Given the sensitivity of the matter, an internal departmental inquiry was immediately initiated. The investigation report found these policemen on duty prima facie guilty and negligent, pursuit which the department took strict disciplinary whoopee versus them for indiscipline. Further investigation into the matter is currently underway.
