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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Resumes Jan Sunwai With Face Scans and Close-Protection Ring

Tighter access and screening aim to keep the open forum running after the August 20 attack.

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta duringa Jan Sunwai programme on Wednesday
Police and security personnel formed an inner ring around the chief minister as she conducted the Jan Sunwai.
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Overview

  • Gupta held the first session on Wednesday at her Civil Lines camp office, with the programme running from 8 am to 10 am.
  • Delhi Police deployed plain-clothes personnel, including women officers, and stationed an FRS van to verify entrants.
  • An inner circle of armed guards and an outer ring of officers secured the venue, which was monitored by CCTV.
  • Attendees faced frisking with metal detectors, movement was restricted, grievances were pre-registered, and phones, bags, cameras and even spectacles were barred inside.
  • The CM’s protection remains at Z-plus with mixed-gender PSOs, while the probe into the August 20 assault continues after two arrests on attempted murder and conspiracy charges.