Review VIP security
In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Rana Bahadur Bam's muder in
broad daylight on Thursday and the emerging new security challenges
after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (CA), the government
is all set to review the entire security arrangement for VIPs.
"An instruction is in place to arrange for the security of VIPs after evaluating the security threat to them. A team led by Joint Secretary at the Home Ministry, Shanker Prasad Koirala, has been formed to amend the VIP Security Directive and Management-2010," a Home Ministry release said.
A meeting of the Central Security Committee headed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar on Friday also decided to beef up security in the Kathmandu valley.
"We will asses the security threat to the VIPs and recommend the highest authority and also accordingly amend the existing VIP security directives," Koirala told the Post.
Unhappy about the security arrangements, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai took an overview of the arrangements for the entire country earlier in the day. He then instructed the Home Ministry to come up with a new plan to curb criminal activities and provide security for VIPs, according to the PM's aide, Bishowdeep Pandey.
Home Minister Gachhadar, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire, Home Secretary Sushil Jung Bahadur Rana, chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Intelligence Department and representative of the Nepal Army were present in Friday's meeting.
The meeting also briefly discussed justice Bam's killing. "Senior security officials told the PM that they have not arrived at any concrete conclusion as of Friday morning, while they also said no lead or clue has been found so far," a participant of the meeting said.
A senior security official told the Post that a coordinated investigation is underway covertly and that the police will come up with a result very soon.
"An instruction is in place to arrange for the security of VIPs after evaluating the security threat to them. A team led by Joint Secretary at the Home Ministry, Shanker Prasad Koirala, has been formed to amend the VIP Security Directive and Management-2010," a Home Ministry release said.
A meeting of the Central Security Committee headed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar on Friday also decided to beef up security in the Kathmandu valley.
"We will asses the security threat to the VIPs and recommend the highest authority and also accordingly amend the existing VIP security directives," Koirala told the Post.
Unhappy about the security arrangements, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai took an overview of the arrangements for the entire country earlier in the day. He then instructed the Home Ministry to come up with a new plan to curb criminal activities and provide security for VIPs, according to the PM's aide, Bishowdeep Pandey.
Home Minister Gachhadar, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire, Home Secretary Sushil Jung Bahadur Rana, chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Intelligence Department and representative of the Nepal Army were present in Friday's meeting.
The meeting also briefly discussed justice Bam's killing. "Senior security officials told the PM that they have not arrived at any concrete conclusion as of Friday morning, while they also said no lead or clue has been found so far," a participant of the meeting said.
A senior security official told the Post that a coordinated investigation is underway covertly and that the police will come up with a result very soon.
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