Hyderabad: While the high-profile security teams comprising men from the US Homeland Security, Special Protection Group (SPG) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) are piecing together security arrangements for the top leaders for the Global Entrepreneurship summit, the local polices say that they are being pestered with unacceptable demands from high-ranking Secret Services officials.
The US security agencies are reportedly making unacceptable demands when it comes to the security of Ms Ivanka Trump. “They do not want any weapon to be carried by any Indian security agency near Ms Trump. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Ms. Trump during the summit. We cannot take a risk with the PM,” a police official said.
The proximity cover to Ms Trump will be provided by the US Secret Service agents, while the Indian side of the security is looked after by the SPG, State Intelligence Security Wing (ISW) and the City Security Wing (CSW).
For Mr Modi, the SPG will form the close proximity cover and the second ring will be formed by the ISW and CSW. The local police will throw another three layer security ring.
“Next week, we will be holding a meeting with the advanced security team from the White House to finalise the security arrangements. We have our concerns and cannot be looked down, in several high profile visits we had made successful security arrangements,” said another police official.
Reacting to the US demands, another senior police official said that it is up to the host country to decide on the diktats of a foreign country.
500 CCTVs at Falaknuma
About 500 CCTV cameras will be installed in and around Taj Falaknuma where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner in honour of Ivanka Trump and other delegates on November 28.
The police has asked the information technology and communications department to install CCTVs in this thickly populated area.
“A temporary control room will be set up to monitor the footages on real-time basis,” said a senior police official.
The police will block the roads at Bandlaguda, Chandrayangutta and Falaknuma. The roads will be closed for traffic for three hours on November 28.
“With the help of elders we will check the credentials of all new persons in the neighbourhood. There is no specific threat and these are precautionary measures,” the police officer told this newspaper.
The Chandrayangutta flyover will also be closed for the traffic for a couple of hours when the delegates start arriving to Taj Falaknuma.
