Six police personnel suspended for security breach during PM visit
Six police personnel have been suspended for failing to secure the area during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bengaluru. Explosives were discovered near the route he was scheduled to take, prompting immediate action from the bomb disposal squad. The police are investigating how the explosives were placed in the vicinity of the convoy route.
- ▪Six police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were suspended for dereliction of duty.
- ▪Explosives were found in a box near the route leading to the Prime Minister's event.
- ▪The suspicious box was noticed by a constable two hours before the Prime Minister's arrival.
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Six police personnel, including a sub-inspector, have been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty after explosives were found near the route used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Bengaluru on May 10.The suspension orders were issued by Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru South, Srinivas Gowda in connection with the recovery of an explosive-filled box near Vaderahalli Gate in Bengaluru South taluk.According to the police sources, the explosives were detected close to the route leading to the Art of Living Foundation Ashram, where the Prime Minister was scheduled to attend a programme.The suspended personnel include a sub-inspector, an assistant sub-inspector, and four constables who had been deployed for bandobast duty during the Prime Minister’s visit.
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