Committee under former Union Home Secretary R K Singh set up to review Parliament security

NEW DELHI: Security of Parliament, which was targeted by terrorists 13 years back, is set to be strengthened further with a special committee being set up today to suggest measures for it within a month.

The committee, formed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, will be headed by former Union Home Secretary R K Singh and will include former Rajasthan DGP Harish Chandra Meena and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh, who are also BJP members in Lok Sabha.

Sources said Joint Secretary (Security) of Lok Sabha Secretariat will be the member secretary of the panel, which has been described as 'ad hoc'.

The committee has been asked to give its report within one month after making a comprehensive review of the existing security set-up and suggest measures to further strengthen it.

The sources said the committee would give suggestions on training, adequacy of manpower and other relevant issues. It would also review all security equipments installed and future projections for further strengthening security.

It would also suggest measures to improve coordination among relevant agencies.

The committee has also been tasked to recommend measures for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Watch and Ward, central reserve forces and Delhi Police deployed in the Parliament House precincts.

While R K Singh retired as Home Secretary last year, Satya Pal Singh superannuated as Police Commissioner of Mumbai a few months before the elections. Meena took premature retirement this year to fight the polls.