Centre forms 3-member committee to probe into PM Modi’s security lapse in Punjab

Why in news?

• The Centre announced that the committee to look into the lapses that led to the “exposure of the VVIP to grave security risk” will be led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, secretary (security), Cabinet Secretariat.

About the Committee

• The ministry of home affairs recently constituted a three-member committee to probe into the serious lapses in the security arrangement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab’s Ferozepur. The ministry announced that the committee will be led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, secretary (security), Cabinet Secretariat.
• The two other members are Balbir Singh, Joint Director, intelligence bureau, and S. Suresh, IG, special protection group (SPG).
• The committee is advised to submit the report at the earliest.
• Prime Minister Modi’s scheduled visit to National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala and a programme in Ferozepur got cancelled after his convoy was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes. The home ministry stated that the convoy was stuck on a flyover around 30 kilometres away from the memorial of freedom fighters as the road was blocked by some protestors.