Mukul Roy, newly inducted into BJP, gets Y+ category security

Roy had Z+ category security until last month, when he resigned from the TMC - and ceased to be a Rajya Sabha MP.

Manogya Loiwal  | Edited by Ganesh Kumar Radha Udayakumar
Kolkata, November 5, 2017 | UPDATED 01:55 IST
BJP leader Mukul Roy (left)BJP leader Mukul Roy (left)

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    There has always been a threat to my life: Roy
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    Roy recently joined the BJP
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    He was once a confidante of Mamata Banerjee's

Within two days of joining the BJP, former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mukul Roy has been given Y+ category security.

Roy had Z+ category security until last month, when he resigned from the TMC - and ceased to be a Rajya Sabha MP. He will now be protected by 12 CRPF trained and armed personnel round the clock.

"There has always been a threat to my life and this why the state government had given me Z+ category protection," Roy told India Today.

"The Central Government too has considered the level of threat perception, hence (it) has alloted (me) the Y+ category security."

Roy was a confidante of Mamata Banerjee's, but their relationship soured because of the Narada and Sarada scams.

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