New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has upgraded the security cover of top industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
The Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries Limited’s security was ramped up to Z+ category based on Intelligence agency’s threat perception report, India Today reported quoting sources.
The Home Ministry had been considering the strengthening of Ambani’s security following the bomb scare
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The Indian government provides security to recognized personalities whose lives may be at risk because of the nature of their work and/or popularity.
Depending on information provided by Intelligence agencies and after assessing threat perceptions, high-level security is classified mainly into five groups — X, Y, Z, Z+, SPG.
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VIPs and VVIPs, sportspersons, entertainers and other high-profile or political figures are offered such security.
Ambani was previously under Z category security.