AGARTALA:
The state Congress has demanded the filing of a sou-moto case against former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his private secretary for allegedly falsifying his security status.
In a letter written in this regard to the Director General of Police of Tripura, Amitabh Ranjan, Roy Barman said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, when he was the state president of the party, had staged an attack on himself to get Y category security from the Centre.
“You may not be aware, but in the year 2017, the then BJP state president Deb had staged an attack to obtain Y category security from the union Home minister. But ever since his ouster from the post of chief minister, he and his personal assistants kept on claiming his entitlement to Z+ security through an act of gross falsification to have personal security officers accompany him during his visits both within the state as well as outside,” wrote Roy Barman in the letter.
Roy Barman also wrote that it is a matter of deep concern and dismay that public money, meant to be spent for public welfare and development, is being wasted by the state police in providing undue security cover to politicians.
“This expenditure is justified when the same is incurred in providing security cover to political leaders who deserve this and are entitled to this by official order,” the letter further read.
“Even now, after being ousted from post of chief minister, he continues to enjoy Z+ security cover at the cost of public exchequer, and if you call for records, you will find that whenever his private secretary requisitions security for him he falsely refers to Deb as a Z+ protectee, whereas he is registered for Y category security entitlement,” Roy Barman wrote.
While demanding the DGP take necessary action against the officers involved in entertaining such falsification, Roy Barman also informed him that the government vehicles along with security is regularly being misused.
“Thus, the government has been incurring heavy expenses bordering on squandering of public money on the false security claim of Deb. I hope that you will look into and duly review the entire issue so that the squandering of the public money on Biplab Kumar Deb, who is now a mere MLA, is stopped in public interest,” he said.