HIGH PERSONAGES
867. The main task of the police force employed on duties connected with the Very Important Personage's visit is:
(i) to ensure the personal safety of the Very Important Personage;
(ii) to ensure that all functions immediately concerned with the visit of the Very Important Personage and his movements pass off punctually and smoothly;
(iii) to ensure that the public assembled on such occasions get full benefit of the Very Important Personage's visit; and
(iv) that normal tranquillity and law and order at the place are fully preserved.
(v) to ensure that terrorist/extremist elements do not gain access to the Very Important Personage.
868. (1) The best arrangements are those where there is the least show of police force and yet full protection to the VIP is ensured, his functions pass off smoothly and punctually and there is no resentment of any kind in the public regarding the arrangements made by the authorities.
(2) The object of any security arrangement is to ensure that no danger or harm, deliberate or accidental, from living beings or from inanimate objects reaches the protected person. All arrangements, therefore, should be in conformity with the above objective. While planning and implementing the security arrangements, efforts should be, to see that no person or object not confirmed to be safe or secure reaches near the protected person.
(3) VIPs are often the target of extremist organisations, militant terrorist groups, disgruntled individuals, mentally disturbed individuals etc,. These organisations and individuals are likely to be sources of security threat.
(4) Two main areas from where security threats can emanate are fire arms and various forms of explosive devices including remote control devices. An alert and efficient security system only can prevent the possibility of such danger penetrating security cover. Effective anti-sabotage check and access control are useful factors in this regard.
(5) ANTI SABOTAGE CHECK
Anti-sabotage precautions along with access control constitute the cornerstone of any security arrangement for the protection of VIPs. Anti-sabotage check can be carried out by employing the following three methods:
(i) Physical search (visual/manual)
(ii) Use of Technical gadgets (explosive detectors, Door Frame Metal Detectors, Mine sweeper etc.)
(iii) Use of sniffer dogs.
Modern aids like explosive detectors, metal detectors are useful and must be utilised for anti-sabotage checks. To ensure precautions against damage from explosives a thorough anti-sabotage search and checking of the camp, venue, route and transport should be conducted.
TYPES OF DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED
869. The duties to be performed on these occasions may be broadly classified as follows:
1. At the camp;
2. Journey by road;
3. Journey by train;
4. Journey by air;
5. Journey by steamer;
6. Public functions;
7. Liaison with the security officers accompanying the VIP.
AT THE CAMP
870. (i) The VIP may be residing temporarily either in the Raj Bhavan, Guest House, or a private building. The degree of security would vary with the nature of residence.
(ii) The lay out of the place should be studied and adequate lighting arranged. A thorough anti sabotage check should be conducted. Catering arrangements should be checked and staff deployed for these arrangements to be security vetted.
(iii) A Camp Commandant (of appropriate rank) corresponding to the status of the very important personage may be designated. It will be the responsibility of the Camp Commandant to be in overall charge of the place of stay and be in contact with the concerned authorities/SPG/etc., wherever applicable.
(iv) The Police Officers on guard duty should be fully conversant with the correct method of giving compliments and should smartly turn out. The guard should be posted in such a manner that police are not very much in the public gaze but are in a commanding position to observe for themselves everything.
(v) In addition to these, arrangements should be made for regulating and controlling a small crowd which may gather in the neighbourhood of the residence. The constables doing this duty should be tactful, yet firm, so that they can carry out their duty without giving offence and thereby causing any embarrassment to the VIP. When laying out security arrangements at the residence, attention should be paid to overhanging roofs, balconies or trees which could be vantage points under certain circumstances.
(vi) In addition to uniformed Police guards, officers in plain clothes should be detailed for security duty, the number depending upon the importance of the VIP, place of stay and other local conditions. Officers and men should be deployed for duties in outer, inner and isolation cordons wherever necessary.
(vii) Facilities should be arranged at the reception point and entry to the place for subjecting all persons/items to a thorough anti sabotage check. Installation of Door Frame Metal Detectors and use of Hand Held Metal Detectors and other equipment would be necessary.
(viii) Alternative arrangements should be made for supply of power. Fire fighting and medical arrangements should also be made.
(ix) Contingency exit and contingency carcades should be arranged at the place of halt.
(x) Adequate communication facilities including setting up of wireless, hot lines, fax etc., may be arranged.
JOURNEY BY ROAD
871. (i) This invariably pertains to journeys by car. Pilots and escort should be provided according to scale. The security box consisting of pilot car, VVIP car of escorts I & II of spare car should preferably be of the same make and colour. Wherever required (as per scale) the main and the spare car should be bullet-proof.
(ii) Detailed instructions have been given in various circulars as regards composition of the carcade for the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and other dignitaries. Arrangements may be made accordingly.
(iii) Vehicles to be used should be subjected to thorough mechanical and anti-sabotage check. The antecedents of the drivers should be thoroughly verified and preference should be given to experienced drivers while finalising the scheme. Care should be taken to ensure that while finalising carcade arrangements no deviations are allowed.
(iv) Seating plans in the carcade should be finalised well in advance and the drivers instructed to be always available near the vehicle. The drivers must also be briefed regarding the speed so that all vehicles of the carcade keep pace with each other.
(v) The flag rod for flying the National flag/party flag (depending on the nature of the visit) should be fixed on the left side and not in the center of the car bonnet.
(vi) An assessment of the time to be taken during road journey from place to place should be carefully worked out. If the carcade is likely to pass through areas with high-rise buildings, these buildings should be identified and staff posted.
All unmarked and unattended vehicles on the route should be identified and action taken to remove them.
(vii) A thorough physical and anti-sabotage check of the route including culverts, bridges, drains, etc., will be necessary all along the route.
(viii) Contingency routes and contingency hospitals and safe houses should be identified and the officers in the carcade should be briefed regarding these arrangements.
(ix) Very often the VIP's passage is held up by enthusiastic crowd wanting to offer flowers or to request him to participate in a short function. Such contingencies should be anticipated by collection of intelligence and necessary security arrangements made without display of unnecessary uniformed policemen. When, however, a VIP makes an unscheduled halt, then the senior most police officer present at such places should make such security arrangements as could be commanded in such circumstances.
(x) The road, if it lies through a very heavily populated area and is of a considerable length, should be divided into small sectors, each placed under the charge of an officer with his staff who are responsible for maintaining order in that sector. The officer should be constantly on the move, along the allotted sector.
(xi) The constable posted for the duty should be given a manageable sector depending upon the anticipated crowd. It is his responsibility to control tactfully and with good humour that portion of the crowd which is in his sector. The co-operation of elders and responsible persons of the locality gathered there should be taken wherever possible to ensure orderly and disciplined behaviour on the part of the crowd.
(xii) When large crowds gather along the route at certain places, strategic reserves should be kept to be used for controlling sudden increase of crowd which cannot be held back by the policemen already in the street.
(xiii) Officers are not expected to work with mathematical exactitude; all the same, they should avoid deploying too many policemen where very few are needed, or requisitioning reserves when it is not necessary. It often happens that when the VIP continues his journey through thick crowds, the younger and enthusiastic elements of the crowd begin to run behind the VIP's vehicle either on the road immediately behind the vehicle or on the sides of the road parallel to the vehicle. This is a very undesirable tendency and should be stopped by the policemen and officers standing along the route.
CROWD CONTROL IN RURAL AREAS
872. The same principles as of crowd control applicable in urban areas apply to rural areas along with such modifications as are necessary keeping in view the availability of the force and the need to avoid unnecessary display of uniformed police.
TRAFFIC CONTROL IN URBAN AREAS:
873. (i) The traffic points should be manned by traffic policemen as far as possible and should be reinforced at very heavy cross-roads by drawing men from other stations.
(ii) No traffic should be stopped but should be regulated unless a stoppage becomes inevitable for the security of the VIP and smooth running of his programme. If traffic is to be stopped at the cross-road, the officer on duty there should see that the traffic is stopped just at the very last moment and when the stoppage takes place, it should be at some distance away from the cross-road. Instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and concerned authorities from time to time should be carefully followed.
(iii) It may be necessary to declare certain streets closed to certain types of traffic. This matter should be considered in advance and decision taken. Also temporarily changing a both-way traffic into one way has to be considered. It generally happens that after the motorcade of the VIP has passed, the traffic arrangements are relaxed or almost given up. This causes great hardship and inconvenience to other vehicular traffic which may be following or which may be held up temporarily. This aspect should be borne in mind and traffic should be controlled till the congestion is minimised and the normal traffic conditions are restored.
TRAFFIC CONTROL IN RURAL AREAS
874. (i) The principles mentioned above apply here also except that there may be a preponderance of slow moving traffic, such as carts with an additional factor that the animals drawing the carts may be panicky. Adequate arrangements such as drawing them on to a side, stopping them altogether or even unyoking the animals from the carts should be made.
(ii) There may be certain roads which are narrow and winding in nature and hence stoppage of traffic particularly coming from the opposite direction may be necessary. The Police Officer on duty should decide how long before the arrival of the VIP's motorcade at the foot of the ghat, the traffic should be stopped on either side so that the oncoming traffic does not clash with the motorcade of the VIP. If there is traffic coming from the opposite direction which could not be stopped, each such vehicle coming from the opposite direction should be warned to keep to the extreme left of the road particularly at blind corners.
JOURNEY BY TRAIN
875. (i) When the VIP travels by a special train or saloon or in a reserved compartment attached to a train, an armed guard of such strength depending on the scale to which the VIP belongs or the DIG/SP Railways decides should accompany the VIP's train. This guard will be accommodated in a composite bogey which should be placed next to the VIP's saloon.
(ii) The Superintendent of Police, Railways, Bangalore, will be responsible, to ensure that the VIP performs a safe journey by train and is protected from the attention of all unauthorised persons. The assistance of the local police should be taken wherever necessary.
(iii) The VIP's saloon or compartment will be searched before the commencement of the journey by the security staff. After the anti sabotage check and until the train leaves, one sentry each on both the sides of the saloon to guard it will be posted.
(iv) The armed guard will remain alert and keep a careful watch on all sides of the VIP's compartment.
(v) At all halts, one armed guard P.C. each on the rear and offside of the VIP's saloon will be posted. Unauthorised persons will be prevented from approaching the saloon or the compartment. The crowd will be kept at a reasonable distance.
(vi) When the VIP travels by special train, the platforms of all railway stations where he does not halt or alight should be kept clear.
(vii) At railway junctions or other large stations where the special train stops, the Railway Police Sub-Inspector//Police Inspector having jurisdiction will post constables on the platform to augment the train guard to the extent necessary.
(viii) If a long halt is made at any station and the VIP continues to occupy the train on a siding, the armed guard escorting the VIP will mount guard on the saloon occupied by the VIP and the Railway Sub-Inspector/Police Inspector having jurisdiction will arrange relief.
(ix) If the halt is only for a short time, say two or three minutes, or if the train stops outside a station on account of signal or any other cause, the guard will not be mounted at the saloon itself, but one constable will take the position on each side of the compartment and look along the train towards the saloon.
(x) When the empty special contains the luggage of the VIP., one constable with lathi will be posted as sentry and relieved every two hours.
(xi) The Superintendent of Police, Railways, will be responsible for seeing that proper police arrangements are made en route. He should be in touch with the district police for augmentation of staff at stations of halts, interchange, arrival and departure.
(xii) Ordinarily, there should not be any patrolling of the railway track, but when the Deputy Inspector General, Railways, or the Superintendent of the district considers it necessary, such sections as require patrolling will be specially patrolled.
(xiii) The Railway Police Sub-Inspector/Inspector will travel in his jurisdiction in the same train as the VIP and the Superintendent of Police, Railways, will travel in the same train, if specially ordered.
(xiv) At stations of arrival and departure the local police will make security arrangements outside the platform. The Railway police will see that the platform exits and entrances are kept free from undesirable persons.
(xv) The local police and the Railway Police will be responsible for the VIP's security at all halting stations.
(xvi) Escorts of High Personages will be relieved by the respective Railway Police escorts when the VIP travels to different states.
JOURNEY BY AIR
876. (i) Sufficient uniformed police should be kept on duty at the airport at the time of arrival or departure of the VIP with a view to preventing unauthorised persons from crowding too near the person of the VIP. Plain clothes officers should also be present.
(ii) The airfield and its entrance should be kept clear of all the unauthorised persons, care being taken not to cause any inconvenience to bonafide air passengers. Police arrangements to keep the landing ground clear of any object or obstruction likely to hinder safe landing should also be made. The police guard should prevent any unauthorised person from having access to the aeroplane.
(iii) The existing arrangements at the Airport should be studied and parking bay of the VIP aircraft should be checked. If any reception line up has been arranged care should be taken to ensure that no unauthorised persons gain access.
(iv) When the VIP travels by Helicopter care should be taken that guidelines laid down for construction for helipads are followed. All precautions prescribed for journey by helicopter should be followed as stipulated.
JOURNEY BY STEAMER
877. At the pier, adequate uniformed police arrangements should be made by the local police to prevent unauthorised persons from approaching the VIP and for the maintenance of law and order.
PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
878. (i) A VIP's visit is generally associated with a public meeting. The nature and magnitude of arrangements depend upon the status, prevailing condition and place of such public meeting. These and all aspects connected with a public meeting should be thoroughly examined and appropriate security and bandobust arrangements made. Instructions laid down in this behalf should be followed.
The following general instructions are issued for the guidance of the officers:
(a) The venue, date, time and duration of the meeting should be ascertained well in advance.
(b) The organisers of the public meeting should be contacted and their full co-operation secured.
(c) It is always advantageous to visit the place of public meeting a few days in advance of the meeting and discuss all aspects of the function with the organisers so that proper arrangements could be made not only by the police but also by the organisers and other Government departments or public bodies.
(d) Advance intelligence should be collected so that preventive action could be taken to prevent anti social elements from creating a breach of the peace.
(e) The approach roads to the venue of meeting should be kept clear.
(f) Loudspeaker arrangements should be tested well in advance so as to ensure that all the assembled members of the public can clearly and distinctly hear the VIP. A spare set of equipment should be kept as standby.
(g) The arrangements should be such that exit and entrance of the VIP without hindrance is ensured. Where possible, the exit and entrance of the VIP and VIP's party should be separate from those meant for the general public and other invitees.
(h) Depending upon the crowd and venue of the meeting, sufficient number of exits should be provided so that the public and the invitees may leave the place quickly and in an orderly manner.
(i) The seating of the VIP should be such that all those invited and others in the assembly can have a clear view of the VIP.
(j) It is always desirable that the VIP's seat is on a raised platform or rostrum and the distance between him and the general crowd is such as to ensure the security and free movement of the VIP.
(k) If guidelines so stipulate, a sterile area should be kept in front of the rostrum. This rostrum should be under the protection of a guard from the time the programme has been finalised. Rostrum should be subjected to thorough anti-sabotage check of the number of persons who need to be near the rostrum should be determined well in advance.
(l) Where the entry to a public meeting is not regulated by invitations, the distance from the platform or the rostrum to the crowd should not be less than 10 metres.
(m) The number of persons to be seated on the platform or rostrum should be kept to the minimum and should be such as to ensure security of the VIP.
(n) Barricades where necessary, should be put up and in doing so, it should be ensured that passages are left for easy ingress and egress and that separate enclosures are reserved for women and children.
(o) Adequate reserve police where necessary with necessary lathies, arms and tear gas equipment should be kept in the neighbourhood of the venue of the public meeting.
(p) The officers and men posted to control the crowd in such meetings should be adequately catechised in their duties. They should be tactful but firm. The tendency to blow whistles and brandishing of lathies should be avoided. The tendency of the police officers to congregate near the VIP should be deprecated and each officer should stick to his sphere and sector of duty.
(q) Sufficient and definite space should be allotted for parking cars and other vehicles of not only VIP's and invitees but also of the general public. Separate parking place for the VIP convey should be earmarked which should be guarded properly.
(r) Arrangements for parking cars and vehicles should be such that the cars of VIPs and other dignitaries could be summoned at a moment's notice.
(s) Appropriate bandobust schemes should be drawn up fixing the responsibility of each officer and circulated among all concerned.
(t) The officers and staff detailed for duty should be at their positions well in advance of the start of the meeting.
(u) It is also desirable to check the bandobust arrangements a few hours before the meeting for ensuring their proper implementation.
(v) Arrangements should also be made for a stand-by system of power supply both for the function and public address system.
(w) Adequate number of fire extinguishers may be made available at the venue of public meeting.
(x) Access control is very vital in all public functions. Adequate number of DFMDs, HHMDs, etc., may be installed. In addition to this staff may also be deployed for subjecting all persons attending the function for physical check if required.
(y) Contingency planning should be made to meet any emergent measures.
(z) An officer should be exclusively assigned for being in over all charge and control of all the arrangements at the place of function.
LIAISON WITH THE SECURITY OFFICERS ACCOMPANYING THE VIP
879. A close liaison should be kept with the security officers accompanying the VIP.
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
880. (i) The extent of security arrangements depends upon the importance of the VIP and the local conditions. Where special instructions are issued by Government of India, State Government, or the Director General & Inspector General, those instructions should also be followed.
(ii) President of India- Security arrangements will be provided in accordance with the instructions contained in the booklet "Rules and Instructions for the protection of the person of the President when on tour, including short residences in Simla".
(iii) Vice President of India - Security arrangements will be provided in accordance with the instructions contained in the book "Rules and Instructions for the protection of the Vice President of India when in residence and on tour".
(iv) Prime Minister - Security arrangements will be provided in accordance with the instructions contained in the blue book "Rules and Instructions for the protection of the person of the Prime Minister of India when on tour and in travel."
(v) Ministers of the Central Government - The Commissioner in Bangalore City and the Superintendents in the district are responsible for the security arrangements in connection with visits of the Ministers of the Central Government.
(vi) Necessary security arrangements will be made for guarding the residence and for protection during journeys by road, rail and air and at public functions as provided in the "Rules and Instructions for the protection of the Ministers of the Central Government when in residence and on tour".
(vii) If the Ministers of the Central Government do not bring their own gunmen or if they express a desire to have one, a Special Branch Officer will be deputed by the Commissioner or the Superintendent of the district as the case may be.
(viii) Security arrangements will be provided in accordance with the instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs to individuals who have been categorised depending upon threat perception as per the scale prescribed below:
I . 'X' CATEGORY 2 PSOs round the clock
II. 'Y' CATEGORY (1) Uniformed Armed Guard of 1:6 at residence to
cover the house round the clock.
(2) Additional Security during sun-set and sun-rise.
(3) 2 PSOs at a time round the clock one with Stengun
and other an 9 M.M. Pistol.
III. 'Z' CATEGORY (1) Uniformed Armed Static guard of 2 -8 cover both
front and rear of the place of stay.
(2) Two PSOs at a time one with Stengun and the other
with a 9 m.m. Pistol on a round the clock basis.
(3) An Armed Escort-(1-3) for all road journeys in two
shifts during the day.
(4) Screening watchers two at a time during the day and
one during the night.
(5) Strict access control and anti-sabotage checks are
also necessary.
(6) A bullet proof vest.
IV. 'Z' SPECIAL In addition to above security arrangements
prescribed for 'Z' category the following additions
would also be necessary.
(1) Provision of a bullet proof car in case available.
(2) Provision of Escort in three Shifts.
(3) Augmentation of the Static guards depending on the
locations of place of stay.
(4) Additional security arrangements as required by the local
situation.
(5) Additional security arrangements may also be made
if required depending on the local situation.
However where no guidelines are prescribed security depending upon the local situation may be extended according to local threat perceptions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA
GUARDS AT RESIDENCES
881. (i) (a) All protective arrangements at the Raj Bhavan, Bangalore, will be made by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City. The Commissioner will draw up orders detailing the duties of the guard, their position and period of sentry-go.
(b) At Camp - When the Governor is on tour, the Deputy Commissioner is competent to draw the programme for the Governor's visit, in consultation with the Superintendent of Police of the District on security aspects. The Deputy Commissioner can also suggest any augmentation in security arrangements, in consultation with the Superintendent of Police, if the situation warrants. Once the programme is approved, the responsibility for the implementation of security arrangements during the Governor's visit rests with the Superintendent of Police and the body of Police appointed for the purpose. The presence of a military guard in no way relieves the police of their responsibility.
NOTE: If during the Governor's tour, the Deputy Commissioner considers it necessary to alter or add to the programme already approved, such alteration or addition shall be made by the Deputy Commissioner only after consultation with the Superintendent of Police on the security aspect and with the concurrence of the personal staff of the Governor.
(c) The Commissioner of Police/Superintendent of Police of the Commissionerate/District concerned will detail a guard of Armed Reserve men for the Residence or camp of the Governor. The guard shall be of such strength as the nature of the area necessitates.
(d) The protective arrangements will consist of an outer cordon of Armed Reserve men posted along the perimeter of the Residence or Camp. All gates and entrances will be guarded so as to exclude all unauthorised and undesirable persons from gaining entrance.
e) The guard posted at the main entrance will turn out and pay compliments to the Governor.
PLAIN CLOTHES SECURITY GUARDS
(ii) At Bangalore - (a) In addition to the uniformed guard, plain clothes officers of the City Civil Police will be posted at the residence, for the personal protection of the Governor. The plain clothes guard will be armed with revolvers and will be of the rank of Sub Inspectors and Head Constables. The shifts will be so arranged that one Sub Inspector and one Head Constable will be on duty at any time.
(b) The duty of the plain clothes guard will be to check entry of suspicious, unauthorised and undesirable persons into the residence of the Governor.
(c) Reliable officers of good conduct and behaviour possessing a thorough knowledge of the people of the locality should be posted by the Commissioner, Bangalore City.
(d) State Intelligence officers in plain clothes may be posted, if the occasion so demands.
(e) Two Reserve Inspectors will be detailed for duties at Raj Bhavan, Bangalore. They will work as escort and pilot officers. They will be in uniform and will carry revolvers. They will, when required, pilot and escort the Governor during his visit in Bangalore City in the cars provided for the purpose by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore. The senior of the two Reserve Inspectors will be responsible for the conduct, discipline and work of the police on duty at Raj Bhavan. He will also liaise with the Governor's staff and police on duty.
(f) In addition, a Civil Inspector of Police deputed by the Commissioner of Police will frequently visit the Raj Bhavan and supervise the work of plain clothes officers.
(iii) At Camp - (a) When the Governor is on tour, the Superintendent of the district will depute 3 plain clothes officers of civil police not below the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspectors. The plain clothes guard will be armed with revolvers. The shifts will be so arranged that one officer will always be on duty.
(b) Reliable officers of good conduct and behaviour and with a thorough knowledge of the people of the locality should be posted by the Superintendent of the district.
(c) State Intelligence officers in plain clothes may be posted, if the occasion so demands.
Journey by Road -
(a) When the journey by road commences from Bangalore, the Commissioner, Bangalore City, will provide the pilot and escort cars and the two Reserve Inspectors attached to Raj Bhavan will perform the duties of pilot and escort during the tour of the Governor.
(b) During the tour in the district, a local civil police officer not below the rank of a Sub Inspector in uniform with a revolver will also travel in pilot car with the Reserve Inspector. The pilot car will normally precede the Governor's car unless otherwise indicated by the Secretary to the Governor.
(c) The Plain clothes security officer will normally travel in the escort car with the escort officer.
(d) When the journey of the Governor commences in a district, pilot and escort cars as well as two officers of the rank of Inspector will be provided by the Superintendent of the district from where the journey by road commences.
(e) Ordinarily, there should not be any route lining or any elaborate protective arrangements on roads. However, at cross-roads, as well as crowded and disturbed areas, arrangements are necessary to ensure a safe and orderly passage to the Governor's car.
(f) Intimation regarding road journeys will be given by the Secretary to the Governor to the State Intelligence and Commissioner, Bangalore city/ Superintendent of Police concerned.
Journey by Train -
(a) When the Governor travels by a special train, saloon or in a reserved compartment attached to a train, an armed guard of 1 Sub Inspector and 4 Police Constables of the Railway Police should accompany the Governor's train. The Sub Inspector will be armed with a revolver and all police constables with muskets/ .303 Rifles. The arms will only be taken out of the train on the orders of the Sub Inspector. This guard will be accommodated in a composite bogey which should be placed next to the Governor's saloon.
(b) The Governor's saloon or compartment will be searched before the commencement of the journey by the armed guard.
(c) The armed guard will remain alert and keep a careful watch on all sides of the Governor's compartment.
(d) At all halts, the Sub Inspector will post a police constable each on the rear and offside of the Governor's saloon. This armed guard will wear rubber-soled shoes between 10 PM and 6 am.
(e) The local police and the railway police will be responsible for the Governor's security at all halting stations.
(f) At stations of arrival and departure, the local police will make bandobust arrangements outside the platform. The Railway Police will see that the platform exits and entrances are kept free from undesirables.
(g) The Superintendent of Police, Railways, will be responsible for seeing that proper police arrangements are made en route. He should be in touch with the district police for augmentation of staff at stations of halts, interchange, arrival and departure.
(h) Ordinarily, there should not be any patrolling of the railway track, but when the Deputy Inspector General, Railways, or the IGP/Deputy Inspector General of the range considers it necessary, such sections as require patrolling will be specially patrolled.
(i) Intimation regarding train journeys will be given by the Secretary to the Governor to the Superintendent of Police, Railways, Bangalore, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Railways, Bangalore and the Commissioner, Bangalore City/Superintendent concerned.
Journey by Air -
Sufficient uniformed police shall be kept on duty at the airports at the time of departure or arrival with a view to preventing unauthorised persons from crowding too near the person of the Governor. One Sub Inspector and two policemen (in plain clothes) of the jurisdiction civil police will also be present at the airport on these occasions.
Journey by Steamer -
(a) The Superintendent of the district concerned will depute an officer not below the rank of Inspector of Police to accompany the Governor. The officer will be in uniform and will carry a revolver.
(b) At the pier, adequate uniformed police arrangements should be made by the local police to prevent unauthorised persons from approaching the Governor and for the maintenance of law and order.
(c) Intimation regarding steamer journey will be given by the Secretary to the Governor to the State Intelligence, Bangalore and to the Commissioner of Police / Superintendent of Police concerned.
Private Arrival and Departures -
Arrangements for private arrivals and departures by road, railway, air or steamer must depend on the circumstances of each case. Precautions on the lines indicated for public arrivals and departures but on a modified scale should be taken.
Functions:- State and Public -
(a) Police arrangements will be made by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, in the case of Bangalore City and the Commissioners of Police, Superintendents of Police concerned outside Bangalore and will provide for general traffic control, the admission of invitees, parking of vehicles, control of crowds and the maintenance of law and order.
(b) On ceremonial occasions, police arrangements will include an outer cordon round the area reserved for the Governor and invitees and the scrutiny of passes.
(c) On less formal occasions, the protection afforded will be such as the Commissioner in the case of Bangalore City and the Commissioner of Police / Superintendent in the case of Commissionerates district considers necessary. No hard and fast rule can be laid down. The police should see that suitable protective measures are taken.
Note:- If, on any occasion, it is found that the persons responsible for organising the functions do not provide proper facilities to enable the police to make security arrangements, or show themselves disinclined to help towards the furtherance of this object, the Commissioner or the Superintendent concerned should inform the Secretary to the Governor accordingly with a view to the function being either postponed or cancelled.
(d) The plain clothes officers employed in such functions should be carefully selected and fully instructed of their duty.
(e) State Intelligence officers in plain clothes may also be detailed for duty if the occasion so demands.
(f) At all private functions attended by the Governor, precautions on the lines indicated for State and public functions but on a modified scale according to the circumstances should be taken.
INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE ARRANGEMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE VISITS OF THE GOVERNOR OUTSIDE THE STATE
882. (i) Whenever the Governor of Karnataka proposes to visit or pass through another State, the Secretary to the Governor will send intimation (i.e. copies of tour programme along with any other connected details) in advance to the State concerned.
(ii) Intimation will also be sent to the State Intelligence Bangalore, by the Secretary to the Governor in order to inform the concerned State Police to make necessary security arrangements.
INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE ARRANGMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE VISIT OF THE GOVERNORS OF OTHER STATES TO KARNATAKA STATE:
883. (i) The Orders for the protection of the Governor of Karnataka State also apply to the Governors of other States visiting Karnataka State.
(ii) Whenever the Governor of a State proposes to visit or pass through Karnataka State, the Private Secretary to the Governor should send intimation (i.e. copies of tour programme along with any other details) to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, well in advance (Telegraphic address: "CHIEFSEC'). He should also send advance intimation to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Bangalore and the Commissioner, Bangalore City or the Superintendent concerned to enable them to make necessary security arrangements. In the case of journey by train intimation should also be sent to the Superintendent of Police, Railways, Bangalore.
INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA WITHIN BANGALORE CITY LIMITS:
884. (i) At Residence - No additional security arrangements will be made since the Raj Bhavan will be protected.
(ii) Journey by road - During road journeys in the City of Bangalore, when the wife of the Governor of Karnataka travels unaccompanied by the Governor, the Commissioner, Bangalore City, should provide one plain clothes Sub Inspector armed with revolver to travel in the same car and to act as personal guard.
(iii) Train journey within the State - During the train journeys of the Governor's wife within the State, the Superintendent of Police, Railways, Bangalore, will provide two specially chosen Head Constables in uniform for escort duties. The Head Constables so deputed will carry lathies. They will search the railway compartment before the commencement of the journey and see that everything is in order. During halts at stations, the escort Head Constables will keep a watch on either side of the compartment and prevent unauthorised persons from entering it.
(iv) Halts at places in the districts within the State:- Whenever the wife of the Governor unaccompanied by the Governor, visits or halts in the districts, the Superintendent concerned will depute two specially selected Head Constables in uniform for guard duties. The Head Constables will carry short lathies.
(v) Journeys outside the State:- Whenever the wife of the Governor proposes to visit or pass through another state, the Secretary to the Governor of Karnataka should send intimation (i.e. copies of tour programme along with any other connected details) to the State Government concerned well in advance. On receipt of information from the Secretary to the Governor regarding the proposed visit to or journey through another state of the Governor's wife, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence, Bangalore will communicate the programme of the tour to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence of the State concerned with a request to make necessary security arrangements.
(vi) Journeys by Air - No security arrangements will be made on such occasions, but the State Intelligence will inform the State Intelligence of the State concerned of the proposed visit of the Governor's wife, with a request to make suitable security arrangements.
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE VISITING KARNATAKA STATE:
885. The same security arrangements made for the wife of the Governor of Karnataka will be made for the spouses of the Governors of other States visiting Karnataka State.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SECURITY OF THE CHIEF MINISTER
886. Detailed guidelines for the security of the Chief Minister have been laid down in the yellow book issued on 30.7.94. Some of the salient features are as hereunder:
I) RESPONSIBILITY
(i) The responsibility of providing adequate security to the Chief Minister rests with the concerned Commissioners of Police and the Superintendents of Police within whose jurisdiction Chief Minister, for the time being, will be present. DIGP (Intelligence) assisted by SP(Security), State Intelligence will co-ordinate the arrangements whenever necessary.
(ii) The instructions given below lay down the minimum security that has to be provided to the VIP. Depending on the local requirements and specific threat assessments if any, the standard security arrangements should be augmented by taking additional precautions.
(iii) As far as permanent places of stay of the Chief Minister are concerned, like residence, Home Office, Secretariat Office, etc., Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, in consultation with DGP & IGP will issue Standing instructions. For all other tours, functions and temporary camps of the Chief Minister, Commissioners of Police and the Superintendents of Police of the districts, as soon as the programme is received, should hold a review meeting and finalise the security arrangements. A draft scheme of the Security arrangements should be drawn.
II) ARRANGEMENTS AT BANGALORE:
RESIDENCE : (i) The Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City shall draft the detailed scheme for the security arrangements of the Chief Minister which shall be supervised by DCP Security or any other officer so designated. The jurisdictional DCP shall be incharge of the law and order arrangements outside the premises.
(ii) While sufficient number of security personnel should be posted to inner cordon, separate staff should be posted at the reception check and screen visitors. Regular anti sabotage check should be carried out. Two well trained security personnel should be posted near the place of stay of the Chief Minister without intruding into the privacy, so as to form the isolation cordon.
III. HOME OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MINISTER
Same instructions as above hold good for the Home Office.
IV) VIDHANA SOUDHA OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MINISTER
(i) While no law and order personnel need to be present inside Vidhana Soudha in the normal course, a contingency arrangement is very much necessary.
(ii) The inner and outer cordons at the Vidhana Soudha may have to integrate themselves in such a way that the Chief Minister's chamber and the Cabinet Room fall within the inner cordon. The isolation cordon will be around the places wherever Chief Minister is, within this area.
(iii) Sufficient number of people in mufti should be posted to form the inner cordon.
(iv) A Separate set of security personnel, well trained in security duties, should be posted for screening visitors, articles brought in, near the chamber/cabinet room of the Vidhana Soudha. The isolation duties at Vidhana Soudha will be performed by the ring round personnel of the Chief Minister and hence separate isolation staff may not be necessary when the Chief Minister is present. Whenever Chief Minister is not in the office, particularly during the non-working hours, an armed guard and a few Mufti staff should keep a close watch on the office premises at Vidhana Soudha.
(v) Anti-sabotage checks should be carried out in the Vidhana Soudha chamber of the Chief Minister, cabinet room and the neighbouring rooms every day.
V. PUBLIC INTERVIEWS
Chief Minister may grant public interviews at the residence, Home Office or Vidhana Soudha from time to time. On all such occasions it is necessary to augment security arrangements and also regulate the public attending such interviews in large number.
IV) FUNCTIONS IN BANGALORE
(i) As soon as intimation is received regarding a function to be attended by Chief Minister in Bangalore City, the jurisdictional DCP and DCP Security should visit the place and draft a scheme for security arrangements, in consultation with the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City.
(ii) Anti-sabotage check of the place should be got done well in advance and proper access control exercised. A regular meeting with the organisers of the function by DCP Security and the jurisdictional DCP is very essential so that they understand and appreciate the requirements of security.
VII) ROAD JOURNEY
(i) For the road journeys of the Chief Minister in Bangalore City, following arrangements shall be made.
(ii) Chief Minister's motorcade will consist of 1 pilot vehicle, VIP vehicle and 1 escort vehicle. However, wherever necessary, additional security vehicles may be deployed.
(iii) Pilot car should consist 1 - 2 traffic personnel who are well-versed with the Bangalore City roads and also permanent contingency arrangements in Bangalore City. Further 2 Security Officers be provided by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, for travelling in Pilot Car.
(iv) Escort vehicles should consist of PSOs to the Chief Minister and 3 Security Officers who will perform the duties of escort and ring round for the Chief Minister. These staff shall generally be drawn from State Intelligence. However, whenever needed, substitutes may be drawn from Bangalore City police.
(v) The escort and pilot car should carry basic equipments recommended like ropes, umbrellas, torches, first-aid kit etc.
(vi) All vehicles should be inspected for their mechanical condition.
(vii) The escort staff also should be well-versed with the roads and contingency arrangements so that Escort and Pilot vehicles can interchange or substitute each other's duty in case of contingency.
(viii) The Escort and Pilot vehicles should have communication facility in such a manner that they are able to communicate with each other, City Control Room and DG Control Room.
(ix) Normally no exclusive traffic arrangements are needed for the Chief Minister. However, in all cases where the programme is intimated in advance, all traffic points must be properly manned so as to ensure smooth movement of the VIP carcade in Bangalore City.
VIII) ARRANGEMENTS OUTSIDE BANGALORE
RAILWAY JOURNEY
(i) Whenever the Chief Minister is travelling by train, SP Railways, should ensure sufficient security arrangements. An armed guard should travel in the same train at a distance close to the compartment of the Chief Minister and should have wireless communication with the PSO/isolation staff of the Chief Minister.
Ring round/Escort staff should travel in the same compartment as the Chief Minister is travelling. One of the Escort Personnel or Personnel specially deputed for the purpose should perform isolation duties just outside the berth/door of the compartment of the Chief Minister round the clock.
(ii) One Gazetted Officer from the Railway Police should travel in the same train/compartment and be over all incharge of the security arrangements for the Railway journey of the Chief Minister.
(iii) At all stations where the train is likely to halt SP Railways, in consultation with the District Police, should make sufficient law and order arrangements. In such places during day or night, the escort staff should perform ring round duties, should the Chief Minister alight from the train.
(iv) The compartment/berth used by the Chief Minister should be subjected to anti-sabotage check.
(v) Different groups of security personnel including the Officer-in-charge should have effective and sufficient radio communication with each other which should also be linked to the districts through which the train will be passing.
(vi) In case the train is passing through stations outside Karnataka, SP Railways and SP, Security Intelligence should liase with the concerned Police Officers of those States for organising similar arrangements.
(vii) Additional precautions, however, should be made wherever any problems or law and order situations are anticipated or if the journey involves areas affected by naxalites, extremists or dacoits.
(viii) Since such journeys would mean that the Chief Minister travels with other passengers, care should be taken to keep the security arrangements as unobtrusive as possible so as to ensure that other passengers are not put into any inconvenience or avoidable irritation.
ROAD JOURNEY
(i) The pilot and the escort complements should be provided as mentioned for the road journey in Bangalore.
(ii) While the pilot staff and vehicles may change from district to district, as far as possible the same escort should continue. Escort should be changed only at the place where the Chief Minister makes a brief halt during the day or makes a night halt.
(iii) A Gazetted Police Officer of the concerned district should always accompany the Chief Minister in their respective jurisdictions and he should place his car behind the Escort Car.
(iv) Wherever necessary Escort II may be provided depending on the local conditions.
(v) While planning the security arrangements a contingency route should always be kept for any eventuality.
JOURNEY BY AIR
State Intelligence should issue separate instructions in such cases, depending on local conditions. However, basic principles of security mentioned above will hold good here also.
JOURNEY BY SHIPS
There may be very few occasions where the VIP will be travelling by large vessels like ships in Karnataka. Whenever such occasions arise, the Yellow book should be referred to for the arrangements to be made.
JOURNEY BY HELICOPTER
(i) The Commissioners of Police/Superintendent of Police will provide adequate security arrangements at the Helipad whenever Chief Minister travels by Helicopter.
The Helipad shall be located preferably outside the Town or Village and should have a clear approach all round. There should be no tall trees or poles at 20 ft. height around 50 metres or of 40 ft. height around 200 metres from the centre of the Helipad . The size of the Helipad shall be 15 metres wide x 25 metres long, with no gradient. The Helipad surface should be watered or made dry so that there is no dust, 30 minutes before landing/take off.
(ii) A 40 ft. circle should be marked with white with 'H' marking for identification.
(iii) One bright Orange Flag, 3 ft/6 ft. should be planted at one corner, at about 30 ft, height and at least 150 ft. away from the centre.
(iv) A Smoke Generator should be lit at a reasonable distance from the Helipad to assist the Pilot to locate the helipad from the air and also to enable him to judge the wind direction and speed prevailing at the time of landing.
(v) There should be proper barricading of the Helipad which should be 100 yards from the centre of the Helipad. The height of the barricade should not exceed 4 ft.
(vi) It should be ensured that there is no rush of people towards the Helicopter or VIP. A maximum of 5 people should receive the VIP and they should be at a distance of atleast 25 yards from the Helicopter. In any case they should not be allowed to enter inside the circle marked white.
(vii) The area in the vicinity of the Helipad should be clear of stones and objects which could be used as missiles. Thorough anti-sabotage search of the Helipad and the landing area should be conducted well before the landing of the Helicopter. Thereafter, a guard should be provided to ensure that no unauthorised person gains access to it. The guard will provide security to the Helicopter when it arrives. Personnel of the Guards should not use bayonets and should refrain from smoking, lighting, fires, etc., in the vicinity of the Helicopter.
(viii) It should be ensured that no person will approach within 50 metres of the Helipad when the rotar blades are rotating.
(xi) Sufficient arrangements should be made to guard the Helicopter fuel to prevent any adulteration or pilferage. Adequate arrangements are to be made in consultation with P.W.D. to get the fuel in advance.
(x) In the preparation of the Helipad as well as getting the fuel, close liaison should be kept with the P.W.D. authorities.
(xi) An ambulance and Fire Brigade may be kept in readiness at the Helipad at the time of the arrival and departure of the VIP.
(xii) No unauthorised articles should be allowed to be carried into the Helicopter. Any article to be kept in the Helicopter should have the clearance of the Helicopter Pilot and any baggage to be taken into Helicopter is liable to be checked by the Helicopter Pilot.
(xiii) No vehicles should be allowed to enter within the barricade. Only the VIP Car and an Escort Car can be parked at some distance and it would be ensured that there is no rush of vehicles in the Helipad.
(xiv) It should be ensured that suitable arrangements for stay and transport of the helicopter crew are made with the assistance of the P.W.D.
(xv) Whenever the Chief Minister is travelling by Helicopter, the State Police Wireless Unit should ensure proper communication between Helicopter and the ground stations falling in the route of the Helicopter.
(VIII) CAMP
(i) Wherever the Chief Minister halts for the night or for a reasonably long time during the day, separate security arrangements should be planned. One Senior Police Officer should be designated as Camp Commandant who should supervise the security arrangements in the camp. Various instructions issued for the security arrangement at the residence of the Chief Minister will hold good under this head also.
(ii) Standby fire fighter arrangements should be made at the place of stay.
(iii) All the buildings and the rooms used for place of stay should be subjected to anti-sabotage check.
(iv) All gifts and parcels received should be subjected to anti-sabotage check.
Purity of food and beverages supplied to the Chief Minister should be checked by the security personnel and the medical authorities.
(IX) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNCTIONS
The instructions mentioned for Bangalore hold good outside Bangalore also.
(X) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
(i) For all programmes of the Chief Minister, advance review of the arrangements and visit and inspection of the places concerned is very necessary.
(ii) Medical contingency arrangements should be planned at all places/programmes of the Chief Minister.
(iii) An up-dated first aid box should always be available at a pre-determined place whether the Chief Minister is in camp, tour, journey by road, rail or attending a public function or at his residence.
(iv) These instructions only suggest the minimum security arrangements that are required to be made. Depending on the local conditions the security arrangements will have to be enhanced as the need arises.
(v) While reading various instructions it should be understood that instructions given under one head as far as they apply to other paras should be implemented, even if they are not specifically mentioned.
Instructions for the Protection of the Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers of Karnataka State:
887. (i) (a) The following instructions are issued for the protection of the Deputy Chief Minister and other ministers when in Bangalore and on tour.
(b) The responsibility for the protection of ministers rests with the District Magistrate and the Commissioners of Police/Superintendent in whose jurisdiction the minister stays or visits.
(c) The purpose of these instructions are to provide security for the ministers and a safe and orderly conduct of their tours with as little ostentation as possible.
(ii) Guards at Residence, Bangalore : Deputy Chief Minister/Minister -
(a) An armed Guard drawn from the City Armed Reserve will be provided to guard the residence of the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister by day and night.
(b) It shall be the duty of the guard to prevent unauthorised persons from intruding into the premises. This should be done in consultation with the Private Secretary or Personal Assistant to the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister.
(c) Three plain clothes gunmen of such ranks as sanctioned from time to time armed with revolvers/pistols will be provided as personal guard for the security of the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister. Their duties will be so arranged that one gunman will be on duty at all times and will be in close attendance on the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister while in Bangalore, whether he be at his residence or in his chambers.
(iii) Guards to the Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers when on Tour:-
(a) When the Deputy Chief Minister or the Home Minister camps at the district headquarters, the superintendent of the district concerned will post a guard drawn from the District Armed Reserve at the camping place. The strength of the guard shall be determined on the actual needs to an officer of the rank not below the Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspector should supervise the guard.
(b) When the Deputy Chief Minister or Home Minister camps in places other than the district headquarters, a police guard of such strength as the Superintendent considers necessary should be drawn. The Sub-Inspector in charge of the Police Station concerned will supervise the guard.
(c) As regards other Ministers guards may be posted at their camping places only if circumstances demand it.
(iv) Should the Deputy Chief Minister, Home Minister or other Ministers desire the withdrawal of the guard, it should be withdrawn if there is no threat perceived.
(v) Journey by Road -
(a) When the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister makes a road journey by car, the plain clothes gunman will travel in the car.
(b) An escort will be provided for the Deputy Chief Minister.
(c) Normally no escort or pilot arrangements will be necessary for other Ministers.
(d) Such precautionary measures as may be necessary may be taken by the Superintendent, if any threat to security is apprehended at any place.
(vi) Journey by Train
(a) The plain clothes gunman will accompany the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister on journeys by rail.
(b) The gunman will travel in a compartment close to the compartment of the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister/ One should be on duty while the other may have the relief. At all stopping places, the gunman will keep watch on the compartment of the Deputy Chief Minister/ Minister particularly on the offside to see that no intruders enter the compartment.
(c) The gunman will ensure that the doors of the compartment are securely bolted inside before the train moves on. The local police and the Railway Police on duty at a halting station will be responsible for the Minister's security, but their work should be done unobtrusively and the uniformed police should not flock near or mount guard on the Minister's carriage or compartment. If the Minister is travelling through a disturbed area, an armed guard may be provided if the Superintendent considers such precaution to be necessary. It must be borne in mind that needless display of uniformed men often has the opposite effect. When a Minister arrives at or departs from a railway station, the senior-most Railway Police officer present at the railway station should receive or see off the Minister.
(vii) Journey by Air
(a) No plain clothes gunman will travel in the plane with the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister. If, however, the journey is within the State, the gunman will, if ordered by the Minister concerned, proceed in advance to the airport of destination and will meet the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister on arrival and be in attendance on him.
(b) When the Deputy Chief Minister or Home Minister arrives at or departs by air, the jurisdictional Police Officer not below the rank of a Superior Police Officer should be present.
(c) In the case of other ministers an officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector should be present.
(viii) Journey by Steamer
A plain clothes gunman will travel with the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister/ on journeys by steamer.
(ix) At Functions: Deputy Chief Minister -
(a) The Superintendent concerned will make adequate arrangements for the parking of cars, regulation of traffic, maintenance of order, guarding the Deputy Chief Minister's car and personal protection of the Deputy Chief Minister.
(b) The plain clothes gunman will be in close attendance on the Deputy Chief Minister.
(c) At private functions, no elaborate arrangements need be made, but the plain clothes gunman will invariably be with the Deputy Chief Minister.
Other Ministers -
(a) At public and private functions the Superintendent of the district concerned will make such police arrangements as local conditions warrant. The plain clothes gunman will be in attendance on the Minister during these functions.
(b) The Superintendent of the district may supplement these measures if local conditions require additional precautions. In such cases, a report will be made to the Range IGP / Deputy Inspector General and the Deputy Inspector General of Police, State Intelligence explaining the circumstances which necessitated such extra measures.
(c) Whenever the Deputy Chief Minister/Home Minister/other Ministers/ propose to visit or pass through another State, the Private Secretary to the Deputy Chief Minister/the Personal Assistant to the Minister or Deputy Chief Minister, as the case may be, will send intimation (i.e. copies of Tour Programme along with any other connected details) in advance to the State concerned.
(d) Intimation will also be sent to the Deputy Inspector General, Intelligence, Bangalore, by the Private Secretary to the Deputy Chief Minister/ Personal Assistant to the Minister in order that the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Bangalore may inform the concerned State Intelligence to make necessary security arrangements.
(e) While making security arrangements the threat perception to the Deputy Chief Minister/Minister concerned should be kept in mind and if the Deputy Chief Minister / Minister has been categorised security arrangements can be made accordingly.
(f) The Commissioner in Bangalore City and the Superintendent in the District is responsible for the security arrangements in connection with the visits of the Ministers of other State Governments.
(g) Necessary security arrangements will be made for guarding the residence and for protection during journeys by road, rail and air and at public functions as in the case of the Ministers of the State Government. While making such security arrangements the security categorisation if any, of the Minister concerned in his State will be considered.
(h) If the Ministers of other States do not bring their own gunman, or if they express a desire to have one, a Special Branch Officer will be deputed by the Commissioner or the Superintendent of Police of the district, or the State Intelligence as the case may be.
(i) The Superintendent of Police, Railways, is responsible for the protection of the Minister of other States while they travel by train and he will depute an officer to accompany the Minister throughout his journey by train within the State.
COURTESIES TO BE SHOWN TO THE V.I.Ps
888. The State Government have issued detailed instructions about courtesies to be shown to the visiting High Personages in the Confidential Hand Book of courtesies and facilities to be shown in connection with visits of High Personages to Karnataka State.