The Special Protection Group or SPG is facing an acute
shortage of senior officers. This elite force is responsible for the
protection of Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka
Gandhi and other Ex Prime Ministers in India. They are tough, straight
and no-nonsense cops. The SPG recruits officers and cops from all
streams of the forces like military, frontal police organisations but it
doesn’t absorb them. All cops and officers join the SPG on deputation
basis and go back to their parent organisation when the term is over.
Even after selecting the best officers, it takes time to train them
before final induction. But given the acute shortage, we learn that the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has been forced to overlook its
own order. This is the reason why three senior IPS officers of the SPG
have been given an extension once more......READMORE
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