The Supreme Court has set up a committee headed by a retired top court judge, Justice Indu Malhotra to investigate the security lapse during PM Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on January 5.
The SC-constituted panel will have Justice (retd) Indu Malhotra, Director General of National Investigation Agency, Director General of Security of Punjab and Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court as its members
Earlier, the Supreme Court had said it would set up a panel headed by its former judge to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Punjab and stayed the parallel inquiries by committees of the Centre and the state government into the lapses.
On January 5, the prime minister’s convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur after which he returned from poll-bound Punjab without attending any event, including a rally.
