Centre downgrades security of 40 ex-bureaucrats, politicians
The Centre has downgraded or completely withdrawn the security cover of 40 former bureaucrats and opposition politicians, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and former Defence Minister AK Antony. The central security cover of former Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma and ex-MP Seema Upadhyay has been withdrawn, while the cover of Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Shakeel Ahmad has been downgraded. 