Centre grants VIP security cover to industrialist Gautam Adani

The security cover under the central list was accorded to Adani, 60, on the basis of a threat perception report prepared by central security agencies, official sources said.

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Gautam Adani. (Reuters/File)

Industralist Gautam Adani has been accorded ‘Z’ category security cover of the CRPF by the Centre. Sources said the chairman of the Adani Group would be protected during his travels across the country and also at his residence by the force.

Sources said the cover has been accorded on “payment basis” and Adani will have to pay around Rs 15-20 lakh a month for the protection.

The security cover under the central list was accorded to Adani, 60, on the basis of a threat perception report prepared by central security agencies, sources said. The Union Home Ministry has asked the CRPF VIP security wing to take over the job and its squad is now with the protectee, they said.

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“A CRPF team has already taken over the security of the industrialist,” an official said.

The government had earlier similarly given security to Mukesh Ambani. The RIL chairman was given a ‘Z+’ category cover of CRPF commandos in 2013, followed by a lower category cover to his wife Neeta Ambani some years later. Both make monthly payments to the CRPF for the security.

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