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The larger question is will the person receiving security decide who will be provided cover and when or the agency picked for the task by the country’s apex court? Can these hundreds of personnel be assigned to guard a few people for life, as a status symbol, even if security is not required?
Among those whose para-military protection was withdrawn is retired judge Jyotsana Yagnik, who convicted 32 people in the Naroda Patiya massacre case where 97 people were killed.
India News: Gujarat government withdraws police protection from witnesses, lawyers, and a retired judge who were involved in the 2002 riots. The SC-appointed SIT