Unb, Dhaka :
Pointing out a string of security lapses during President Abdul Hamid’s visit to India in December last, Dhaka has complained to New Delhi that he was taken to the Taj Mahal in a regular battery-operated public vehicle – called ‘golf cart’ in local parlance – and not in a private one normally used by VIPs and VVIPs visiting Agra.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has also told the Indian central government that the five-star hotel in which the President stayed in Agra had a faulty lift, according to a report ran by
the Times of India. During Hamid’s visit to Rajasthan during the same trip, no appropriate arrangements were made to control the crowd at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the Indian Union Home Ministry has been told. Agra police are probing the matter and will submit a report to UP security agencies.
The findings will then be forwarded to the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs), which has shot off letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, pointing out the security breaches and advising the Agra district administration on how to “secure” VVIPs during such visits in the future.
MHA under secretary Pranav Vishwas, in his letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, said, “I’m directed to say that it has been brought to the notice of the Union home ministry by central security agencies that Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid paid an official visit to India (Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kolkata and Santiniketan) from December 18 to 23, 2014. His visit passed off peacefully without any incident. However some security lapses were noticed.” Vishwas wrote, “In Agra, normal battery-operated vans were provided during the VVIP visit. Also, a lift in hotel Oberoi Amarvilas was not functioning properly.”
The letter offered suggestions to the district administration of Agra, asking it to ensure in future that VIP and VVIPs be taken to the Taj Mahal not in the regular battery-operated vehicles but separate, private ones.
Under-secretary Babu Lal of the UP government has directed UP DGP (security) to check on the security lapses that occurred during the Bangladesh president’s visit and submit a detailed report, so appropriate action can be taken.
Pointing out a string of security lapses during President Abdul Hamid’s visit to India in December last, Dhaka has complained to New Delhi that he was taken to the Taj Mahal in a regular battery-operated public vehicle – called ‘golf cart’ in local parlance – and not in a private one normally used by VIPs and VVIPs visiting Agra.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has also told the Indian central government that the five-star hotel in which the President stayed in Agra had a faulty lift, according to a report ran by
the Times of India. During Hamid’s visit to Rajasthan during the same trip, no appropriate arrangements were made to control the crowd at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the Indian Union Home Ministry has been told. Agra police are probing the matter and will submit a report to UP security agencies.
The findings will then be forwarded to the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs), which has shot off letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, pointing out the security breaches and advising the Agra district administration on how to “secure” VVIPs during such visits in the future.
MHA under secretary Pranav Vishwas, in his letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, said, “I’m directed to say that it has been brought to the notice of the Union home ministry by central security agencies that Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid paid an official visit to India (Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kolkata and Santiniketan) from December 18 to 23, 2014. His visit passed off peacefully without any incident. However some security lapses were noticed.” Vishwas wrote, “In Agra, normal battery-operated vans were provided during the VVIP visit. Also, a lift in hotel Oberoi Amarvilas was not functioning properly.”
The letter offered suggestions to the district administration of Agra, asking it to ensure in future that VIP and VVIPs be taken to the Taj Mahal not in the regular battery-operated vehicles but separate, private ones.
Under-secretary Babu Lal of the UP government has directed UP DGP (security) to check on the security lapses that occurred during the Bangladesh president’s visit and submit a detailed report, so appropriate action can be taken.
