Security cover for over 420 VVIPs will be restored from June 7, the Punjab government said today, five days after singer Sidhu Moose Wala - whose security cover was curtailed - was shot dead.
The Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, government told this to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which heard a petition by former minister OP Soni, who is among the 424 whose security cover was curtailed.
The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been slammed with criticism over curtailing security for VVIPs since Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead.
To a question by the high court on why security cover was curtailed, the Punjab government said it needed the security personnel for Operation Bluestar's anniversary on June 6, referring to the military offensive in June 1984 to eliminate terrorists who had dug in at the Golden Temple.
