Punjab Police have ordered withdrawal of security cover of 184 former ministers and ex-MLAs and other leaders. Personnel deployed on specific orders of the courts, however, would not be withdrawn, said a letter by the additional director general of police (security).
The letter dated April 20 was sent to senior police officers, including police commissioners and senior superintendents of police. The security cover of the family of former chief ministers and other ministers was also withdrawn.
Police also withdrew security cover of Rajeev Shukla, former MP and former chairman of IPL; Mahi Gill, who was the star campaigner for BJP in the state assembly polls; and Sidhant Chattopadhyay, the son of former DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyay.
