Home Ministry grants Y category security to Kangana Ranaut

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranauta, who is in a verbal spat with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, has been provided with Y category security by the Ministry of Home Affairs, official said on Monday.

The decision has come after Kangana compared Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Sanjay Raut criticised her in the party’s mouthpiece Saamana, asking her not to return to Mumbai for blasting Mumbai Police. She has stated that she will reach Mumbai on 9th September.

Individuals are given such security on the grounds of threat assessment done by central security agencies and is subject to periodic review. High-risk people are given security by the police and local government.

The category is divided into four tiers -- Z+ (highest level); Z; Y and X -- depending on the threat perception to the person. Individuals under the security blanket include cabinet ministers, chief ministers, high court and Supreme Court judges, leading politicians, etc.

Here is what Z+, Z, Y and X categories of security mean:

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranauta, who is in a verbal spat with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, has been provided with Y category security by the Ministry of Home Affairs, official said on Monday.

The decision has come after Kangana compared Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Sanjay Raut hit back at her in the party’s mouthpiece Saamana, asking her not to return to Mumbai for criticising Mumbai Police. She has stated that she will reach Mumbai on 9th September.

Individuals are given such security on the grounds of threat assessment done by central security agencies and is subject to periodic review. High-risk people are given security by the police and local government.

The category is divided into four tiers -- Z+ (highest level); Z; Y and X -- depending on the threat perception to the person. Individuals under the security blanket include cabinet ministers, chief ministers, high court and Supreme Court judges, leading politicians, etc.

Here is what Z+, Z, Y and X categories mean:

SPG: It is a classified security detail and given exclusively to the Prime Minister

Z+: 55 personnel

Z: 22 personnel

Y: 11 personnel

X: 2 personnel

The Special Protection Group, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Reserve Police Force are the agencies responsible for providing securities to VVIPs/VIPs/politicians/high-profile celebrities and sportspersons.

* NSG is used to guard VIPs and VVIPs, especially those in the Z+ category. Several NSG personnel are ass to SPG, which guards the Prime Minister.

* SPG commandos cater to the PM, former PMs and their immediate family members as part of the Z+ category of security cover.

* The Z category entails security cover by the Delhi Police or the ITBF or CRPF personnel and one escort car.

* The Y category encompasses two personal security officers (PSOs) and the X category, one PSO.

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