Ahead of Barak Obama's arrival in
India, 25 of the best US Secret Service agents have come to Delhi to supervise
his safe stay in the country. The agents are presently staying in the The
Maurya Sheraton Hotel. They have held a meeting with officials of Indian
security agencies and Delhi police to discuss the security issues; the meeting
was conducted in the basement of the hotel and lasted for an hour and
half.
“Ahead of the US President’s
scheduled visit, an “advance security liaisoning meeting” was held in the
basement of the hotel where the senior officials of intelligence agencies and
officials from Security Wing of Delhi Police, Additional Commissioner of Police
SBS Tyagi and Additional DCP Amit Roy were present,” a source said.
The Delhi Police officials
presented their plan of action to their US counterparts and asked them to
reciprocate. The agents of the US secret service are satisfied with the
security road map of the Delhi Police.
But the Indian officials could
not get much success in convincing the US security folks to let the President
travel in the Indian President's limousine that will take him to Rajpath. The
matter is supposed to be negotiated again.
“Interestingly, US secret agents
told the Indian intelligence agencies that the US President will be accompanied
by his chefs to ensure that his food is not spiked,” a police source informed
the media.
It should be noted that when
President Obama went to Myanmar last year in November to attend the East Asia
Summit, six aircraft of equipment, vehicles, oil tankers, helicopters, and 1600 US personnel were send to oversee
the visit. Even the fuel used by the security cavalcade of President was
brought from the US in Navy ship.
Around 10000 paramilitary
personnel will join the Delhi Police whose strength is around 80000 to make the
Rajpath parade a full-proof exercise.
Barak Obama will be landing on
Indian soil on 25 January.
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