Politics

Centre upgrades TN BJP president Annamalai’s security to ‘Z’ category

The security upgrade for Annamalai comes in the wake of the recent car bomb explosion in Coimbatore

January 13, 2023

Second security upgrade for Annamalai in less than a year

The Central government has upgraded the security of Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai from the ‘Y‘ to the ‘Z‘ category, following an Intelligence Bureau (IB) threat assessment exercise, police sources said.

Apart from escort vehicles provided by the TN police, the BJP leader who has been very vocal in Tamil Nadu politics, will now have a 28-member security detail that includes commandos from the NSG and the Security branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police, they said.

The security upgrade for Annamalai comes in the wake of the recent car bomb explosion in Coimbatore, and also incidents of Molotov cocktail bomb attacks targeting Hindu organizations and leaders over the past several months. Annamalai has been stridently raising his voice against growing religious fundamentalism in Tamil Nadu.

This will be the second security upgrade for the BJP leader in less than a year. It was only in April last year that the MHA enhanced his security from the ‘X‘ to the ‘Y’ category.

Annamalai had recently announced a padayatra covering all 234 Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu from April.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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