{"id":353758,"date":"2025-05-14T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353758"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:39:25","slug":"eam-jaishankars-security-cover-upgraded-amid-india-pak-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/eam-jaishankars-security-cover-upgraded-amid-india-pak-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"EAM Jaishankar&#8217;s security cover upgraded amid India-Pak tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/EAM-Jaishankars-security-cover-upgraded-amid-India-Pak-tensions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353759\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The security detail of External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar has been further strengthened with the deployment of two additional bullet-resistant vehicles to his convoy, official sources confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move follows a recent review of his &#8216;Z&#8217; category protection, undertaken by central Intelligence agencies in light of heightened tensions in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This enhancement comes in the wake of the recent India-Pakistan military escalation and New Delhi\u2019s firm diplomatic response to Islamabad following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intelligence agencies re-evaluated EAM Jaishankar\u2019s threat perception and recommended bolstering his security convoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventy-year-old Jaishankar has been at the forefront of India&#8217;s international engagement in the aftermath of the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the External Affairs Minister, he has led discussions with several global leaders and foreign ministers regarding &#8216;Operation Sindoor&#8217;, India&#8217;s military response to the Pahalgam attack. His central role in shaping India&#8217;s diplomatic strategy amid regional instability has placed him under increased security focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest upgrade builds on a previous enhancement in October 2024, when Jaishankar\u2019s security cover was raised from the \u2018Y\u2019 category to \u2018Z\u2019 category, the second-highest tier in the central VIP protection system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), through its VIP security unit, is tasked with providing armed cover to individuals under this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the CRPF secures around 200 high-profile people, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and prominent Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VIP security categories under the central list include Z-plus, Z, Y-plus, Y, and X, with Z-plus being the most elite tier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The security detail of External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar has been further strengthened with the deployment of two additional bullet-resistant vehicles to his convoy, official sources confirmed on Wednesday. The move follows a recent review of his &#8216;Z&#8217; category protection, undertaken by central Intelligence agencies in light of heightened tensions in the region. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16536,16678,19665,19628],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353760,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353758\/revisions\/353760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}