New Delhi: The West Bengal government has decided to upgrade the security cover of former Indian cricket team captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to the Z category. The decision was taken on Tuesday following the expiry of the tenure of Y category security provided to Ganguly, PTI reported quoting an official.
It was decided to raise Ganguly’s security cordon to Z category as the security cover of the VVIP had expired. A review was also done as per protocol.
The former cricketer will now have 8 to 10 police personnel guarding him, the official said.
Under the Y category security cover, Ganguly had three policemen from the Special Branch in his cordon and an equal number of law enforcers guarding his Behala residence.
On Tuesday, representatives of the state secretariat reached held a meeting with officers from Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar and the local police station at Ganguly’s Behala office.
“Mr Ganguly is currently travelling with his team Delhi Daredevils and will return to Kolkata on May 21. He will start getting Z category security from that very day,” the official said.
Who else has Z-category security in West Bengal?
In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor C V Ananda Bose and Trinamool Congress MP and national secretary Abhishek Banerjee get Z Plus security while ministers such as Firhad Hakim and Moloy Ghatak have been provided with Z category security. BJP’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar is also provided with Z Plus security cover along with CISF protection.
