ISRO chairman Somanath, Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana given VIP safety cowl by Centre

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana and ISRO chairman S Somanath have been offered a central armed VIP safety cowl by the Union authorities, officers stated on Friday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) accorded the safety cowl final week to the 2 after accepting separate suggestions of central intelligence companies that favoured armed safety of paramilitary commandos to them in view of attainable safety threats to them.

Navneet Rana, a member of Lok Sabha from the Amravati seat of Maharashtra, has been accorded ‘Y’ class central cowl that may entail about three to 4 armed commandos of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to maneuver together with her, they stated.

On Friday, the Mumbai police issued a discover to her and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, asking them to not disrupt the legislation and order state of affairs as they plan to recite ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outdoors Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence right here on April 23.

The lawmaker couple is thought to have an unofficial understanding with the BJP.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath has additionally been accorded a ‘Y+’ class safety cowl.

The rocket scientist could have about 4 to 6 armed commandos round the clock with him each time he travels to any a part of the nation, officers stated.

The CISF, that has historically offered proximate safety to earlier ISRO chiefs and likewise guards the principle complicated of the establishment in Bengaluru, has been tasked with the job.

Somanath, who performed a key position in creating the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III, or GSLV Mk III, was appointed the ISRO chief in January this 12 months by the central authorities.

Before the present task, he was the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.