PM Modi security lapse in 2022: Bathinda SP Gurwinder Singh Sangha has been suspended in reference to the security lapse throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Punjab on January 5, 2022, knowledgeable the Punjab Home Ministry on Saturday.
As per the state Home Ministry, Singh, who was posted as SP Operations at Ferozepur, has been accused of dereliction of obligation.
PM Modi’s security lapse
Prime Minister Modi security breach occurred on January 5, 2022, when Modi was on his approach to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur. He landed at Bathinda on January 5 morning from the place he was to go to the National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala by helicopter. However, attributable to inclement climate, the Prime Minister needed to take a street route.
Around 30 km away from the National Martyrs Memorial in Hussainiwala, when his convoy reached a flyover, it was discovered that the street was blocked by some protestors. Modi’s convoy was stranded on a flyover for over 15-20 minutes attributable to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur. Following this he returned from Punjab with out attending any occasion, together with a rally.
It is pertinent to say that in January 2022, Congress chief Charanjit Singh Channi was the Chief Minister of Punjab, and this incident was seen as a major security breach for the Prime Minister.
The Supreme Court-appointed committee, which probed the security breach throughout Prime Minister Modi’s go to to Punjab in January 2022, had indicted a number of state officers for lapses. After 22 months, motion has been taken by suspending an SP.
