Chirag Paswan's Security Cover Upgraded to Z Category

New Delhi/Patna: The Union government has enhanced the security of Cabinet minister Chirag Paswan and provided him with a Z-category cover, official sources said on Monday.

The 41-year-old minister of food processing industries is also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).

Till now, he was being guarded by a small team of the central paramilitary force SSB.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the CRPF VIP security wing to extend a Z-category cover to Paswan. The new security team will cover the minister's movement across the country, the sources said.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) guards a number of VIPs, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi , Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra , apart from other central ministers and dignitaries.

The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z+ and is followed by Z, Y+, Y and X.