Bombay HC dismisses petition against Z plus security provided to Ambanis.

Source – indiatoday.in

Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition which sought removal of Z plus security of one of richest men in world Mukesh Ambani.

A resident of Andheri area of Maharashtra’s Mumbai, Himanshu Agrawal had approached the Bombay High Court with his plea.

A charted accountant by profession, Agarwal had stated that giving a security to Ambani and his family was a burden on the state and the tax payers.

Agarwal’s petition stated that Special Protection Group (SPG) protection was given to the prime minister while Z+ security was given to people with high threat perception.

Z+ security entails security by National Security Guard (NSG) commandos with MP5 guns, modern gadgets and a convoy, stated the petition filed by Agarwal.

The petition alleged that there was no threat perception to the family as it was not in politics and thus no reason for ideological conflict or another conflict.

“There has never been an incident of attack or attempt to attack on them [Ambanis],” stated the petition adding that CEOs of big business houses provide for their own security.

The petition highlighted that the ratio of policemen to citizens was already low.

“One cop for 666 persons” and “three cops per VIP”, stated the petition while harping that rapes are happening in country because of lack of police cover.

With this Agarwal stated that he was filing the petition in the interest of public at large and thus it was a public interest litigation (PIL).

However, the chief public prosecutor in court, Deepak Thackeray, objected on the maintainability of the petition. A lawyer representing the Ambanis submitted that there was no burden on the tax payers as the entire security was paid for by the family.

Upon hearing this, the division bench headed by justice Ranjit More dismissed the petition.