VIPs are unlikely to give up security, no matter what the courts say

The outrage following the Delhi gangrape brought into focus the wastage of police manpower on VIP security duties, at the cost of the aam aadmi's safety. This brought forth belated reassurances from the highest levels of government. The home minister said in an interview that the matter had received attention from both 10 Janpath and 7 Race Course Road, and that he had ordered the home ministry to carry out a professional-threat related review of all those given protection by the Delhi Police, so that the list could be reduced to to a sensible number.

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