Big Change In Parliament Security After Breach: CISF Replaces Delhi Police

New Delhi: 

Access to the Parliament complex – a particularly high-profile issue after last week’s security breach – will now be guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force, or CISF, the government has said. In a notification issued Wednesday, the Home Ministry said the CISF will replace Delhi Police as the agency in charge, and will take over all related responsibilities, including frisking entrants.

Security within the complex will continue to be the responsibility of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, while Delhi Police will continue to protect the outer perimeter. The change – seen as an attempt to streamline security protocols instead of multiple agencies’ rules muddying the waters – will be enforced after a detailed security survey ordered by the Home Ministry following the security breach last week.

According to the CISF website, the force provides “integrated security cover to sensitive public sector undertakings”. At present it guards over 350 such locations, including airports and nuclear facilities.All four have been arrested and are being interrogated by Delhi Police. Two others, including the alleged mastermind, are also in custody, but the entire incident has led to a massive political row, with the opposition demanding answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.