Centre sanctions Y-category security for Sunny Deol

According to officials, under Y-category, 11 personnel (5 for static duty and 6 for personal security) will work over shifts for Deol. Two Personal Security Officer (PSOs) and an armed guard will be at his residence round the clock and there will be additional security at night.

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has sanctioned Y-category security for actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol. The decision to grant him the central security cover was taken after the Intelligence Bureau submitted a report citing a threat to his life.

According to officials, under Y-category, 11 personnel (5 for static duty and 6 for personal security) will work over shifts for Deol. Two Personal Security Officer (PSOs) and an armed guard will be at his residence round the clock and there will be additional security at night.

"Deol already had Y-category security provided to him by the Punjab government but the ongoing farmers' protest and the continuous suspicious activities by Pakistani terrorists at Gurdaspur are the main reason for increasing the Minister's security," a source said.

Recently, Sunny Deol had commented about the new farm laws and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre always thinks of the betterment of farmers and he stands with his party and as well as farmers.

A senior official in the Home Ministry on Tuesday said that a total of 25 important persons have been provided with the security cover under various categories by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the West Bengal.

As per response by the Centre in the Lok Sabha in March 2018, around 300 people were being provided security under various categories in the central list.

Union Home Ministry reviews threat perception time to time with security, intelligence and other stakeholders and accordingly, the ministry upgrades or degrades the security arrangement.