Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has ordered the initiation of “disciplinary proceedings for major penalty” towards former director normal of police (DGP) Sidharth Chattopadhyaya and two different law enforcement officials over the security breach throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to the state in January final 12 months.

Apart from Chattopadhyaya, who has since retired, the disciplinary proceedings for main penalty can be initiated towards Inderbir Singh, the then deputy inspector normal (DIG) of police of Ferozepur vary, and Harmandeep Singh Hans, the then senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Ferozepur.

These officers can be requested to submit their responses.

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According to the Home Affairs division’s communication to the personnel division issued on Monday, Mann additionally determined that explanations be sought from Naresh Arora, the then ADGP (Law and Order), G Nageshwara Rao, the then ADGP Cyber Crime, Mukhvinder Singh Chhina, the then IGP Patiala Range, Rakesh Agrawal, the then IG Counter Intelligence and Nodal Officer, Surjeet Singh, the then DIG Faridkot, and Charanjit Singh, the then SSP Moga, as to why disciplinary proceedings shouldn’t be initiated towards them as really helpful within the Supreme Court-constituted inquiry committee report.

The transfer got here after the Supreme Court-appointed committee, which probed the safety breach throughout Prime Minister Modi’s go to to Punjab in January 2022, had indicted a number of state officers for lapses.

On January 5, 2022, Modi’s convoy was stranded on a flyover as a result of a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur after which he returned from Punjab with out attending any occasion, together with a rally.