Kapil Mishra gets Y-category security

Delhi Police have provided Y-category security cover to suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister Kapil Mishra after assessing his threat perception.

The rebel AAP MLA said he did not make any formal request for the same. “The police might have done an interval review of the security situation based on their intelligence input. I came to know about the deployment only when the guards reported for duty,” Mishra told media in Delhi.

Last month, Ankit Bhardwaj, an alleged AAP supporter, attacked Mishra at his home in Civil Lines, where he sat on a satyagraha after levelling graft charges against Chief Minister Arvind Kajriwal. A week ago, Mishra was roughed up by party MLAs and was dragged out of the Delhi Assembly by marshals.

A senior security departmental officials said that one of the personal security officer will be armed with INSAS rifle and the other with a pistol. As per the Union home ministry’s guidelines, categories of security covers are divided into four tiers: Z-plus (highest level), Z, Y and X.

“Mishra automatically got Y-category security cover when he became a minister, but it was withdrawn when he was suspended by AAP. His threat perception was reviewed following intelligence inputs we received about possible attacks on him,” said an officer, adding that 11 security personnel have been deployed for Mishra’s security.