- The cover will be on a payment basis and is expected to cost about Rs 15-20 lakh per mont
- The cover was accorded on the basis of a threat perception report
- Gautam Adani is the first industrialist from Gujarat to get this special security cover.
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUG 17
After RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani , Gujarat-based industrialist and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has been accorded a ‘Z’ category VIP security cover of CRPF commandos by the Union government, official sources said on Wednesday.
They said the all-India cover will be on a “payment basis” and is expected to cost around Rs 15-20 lakh per month.
Significantly, Gautam Adani is the first industrialist from Gujarat to get this special security cover.
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, they said.
The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) VIP security wing to take over the job and its squad is now with the protectee, they said.
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani was given a ‘Z+’ category cover of CRPF commandos by the Union government in 2013, followed by a lower category cover to his wife Neeta Ambani some years later.
