PM’s security breach: What is the Blue Book that SC sought changes in

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

The
Blue
Book
lays
down
security
guidelines
and
protocols
to
be
followed
during
a
VVIP
visit
to
a
state.
The
instructions
in
the
book
should
be
meticulously
followed
and
arrangements
made
accordingly.

New
Delhi,
Aug
25:
The
Supreme
Court
on
Thursday
held
the
SSP
of
Ferozepur,
Punjab
Harman
Hans
responsible
for
the
security
breach
during
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
visit
to
the
state.

The
court-appointed
committee
headed
by
former
Supreme
Court
judge,
Justice
Indu
Malhotra,
also
suggested
changes
in
the
‘Blue
Book’.
It
was
reported
at
the
time
of
the
incident
that
several
rules
laid
down
in
the
Blue
Book
had
not
been
followed.
Let
us
take
a
look
at
what
the
Blue
Book
deals
with.

Chapter
XXVI
of
the
Security
arrangements
for
very
important
personages/protected
persons
lays
down
specific
tasks
that
the
police
force
of
a
state
has
to
carry
out.

It
lays
down
the
protocols
to
be
followed
during
a
VVIP
visit
to
a
state.
When
dealing
with
the
‘Journey
by
Road’,
the
rules
say
that
pilots
and
escort
should
be
provided
according
to
scale.
The
security
box
consists
of
the
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.

The
instructions
laid
down
under
the
Blue
book
should
be
scrupulously
and
meticulously
followed
and
arrangements
made
accordingly.

SC
holds
Ferozepur
SSP
Harman
Hans
responsible
for
PM
Modi’s
security
breach
in
Punjab

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.

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.

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
centre
of
the
car
bonnet.

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
immediately.

A
thorough
physical
and
anti-sabotage
check
of
the
route
including
culverts,
bridges,
drains,
etc,
will
be
necessary
all
along
the
route.

Contingency
routes
and
contingency
hospitals
and
safe
houses
should
be
identified
and
the
officers
in
the
carcade
should
be
briefed
regarding
these
arrangements.

Very
often
the
VIP’s
passage
is
held
up
by
enthusiastic
crowd
wanting
to
offer
flowers
or
to
request
them
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
seniormost
police
officer
present
at
such
places
should
make
such
security
arrangements
as
could
be
commanded
in
such
circumstances.

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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.

The
constables
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
person
of
the
locality
gathered
there
should
be
taken
wherever
possible
to
ensure
orderly
and
disciplined
behaviour
on
the
part
of
the
crowd.

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.

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.