P.R. No. 420 Date:04.08.2013 PRESS RELEASE Text of the D.O. letter dated 3.8.2013 addressed by Selvi J Jayalalithaa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to Dr.Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India is reproduced below:- “ You had come to Tiruchirappalli on 2 nd August, 2013, en route toThirumayam in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, for the inauguration of theBHEL Power Plant Piping Unit & BHEL High Pressure Boiler Plant (Unit II - Tiruchirappalli). I had deputed the Hon’ble Minister for Finance, Hon’bleMinister for Transport and Hon’ble Minister for Khadi and Village Industries, Government of Tamil Nadu, the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, apart from the District Collector Tiruchirappalli, toreceive you on behalf of the Government of Tamil Nadu.I have been informed that, at the Tiruchirappalli Airport, when theDirector General of Police of Tamil Nadu was walking towards the ladder point of the aircraft to receive you along with the Hon’ble Ministers from Tamil Nadu, the Chief Secretary and Collector Tiruchirappalli, he was rudelyaccosted and prevented from approaching the aircraft by a lower level officerof the Special Protection Group, who was part of the security team on duty.This incident occurred despite the fact that the Director General of Police,Tamil Nadu, was in uniform. I am also informed that a detailed list of thosewho would receive the Prime Minister at ladder point including the DirectorGeneral of Police had been sent and was duly confirmed by the Prime Minister’s Office on 1 st August, 2013.That such an outrageous incident involving the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, who was part of the confirmed list of persons for the reception and send off line up approved by the Prime Minister’s Office shows up the officers of the SPG in very poor light. It is most astonishing that theSPG could not recognize the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, the top most ranking Police Officer in the State, even while he was in uniform.It would also be pertinent to point out that it was the very same DirectorGeneral of Police who was responsible for the elaborate securityarrangements to ensure a peaceful, trouble free atmosphere during yourvisit to Tamil Nadu.I am constrained to bring this incident to your notice so that you couldhave the matter enquired into and take appropriate action against thoseresponsible. I also suggest that a suitable regimen be put in place so that such lapses in protocol do not recur in future. ” *******Issued by : Director of Information & Public Relations, Chennai – 9.Date : 4.8.2013
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