Private guards’ presence at statue venue issue put to rest

Nothing suspicious was found against the four

The issue of ‘unauthorised presence of private security guards’ that created a flutter hours before arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the venue of the Statue of Equality for its inauguration here three days ago was being put to rest as nothing suspicious was found against them.

While some preferred to describe it as slip up in security arrangements, internal inquiries conducted by police officials indicated it was an oversight. No police officer went on record about the instance but conceded during off the record conversation about the presence of private security guards.

The four private security guards were ex-servicemen from outside the State and had no criminal record or antecedents, a Telangana police officer clarified unwilling to be named. They had no links with any outfits agitating against any government policy either.