West Bengal govt. downgrades Sourav Ganguly’s security cover
The West Bengal government has downgraded Sourav Ganguly's security from Z-category to Y-category. This decision is part of a routine review of security for prominent individuals based on threat assessments. Ganguly, who has been associated with the Trinamool Congress, has not publicly commented on the political implications of this change.
- ▪Sourav Ganguly's security cover was reduced from Z-category to Y-category by the West Bengal government.
- ▪The downgrade is part of an ongoing routine exercise by the police to review security for prominent personalities.
- ▪Ganguly's security was previously elevated to Z-category by the Trinamool Congress government in 2023.
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The newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State government in West Bengal on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) reduced the security cover for Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian cricket team, from the Z- category to the Y-category. The development was confirmed by officials of the West Bengal Police security wing as part of an “ongoing routine exercise” in reviewing the security cover of various prominent personalities in the State based on their threat assessments. Mr. Ganguly, a former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, had his security cover elevated to the Z-category comprising at least nine-10 police personnel by the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in 2023. However, under the new Y-category arrangement, Mr.
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