Over 3000 VIPs lost security cover in 2017

The number of VIPs getting police protection has come down by over 3000 between 2016 and 2017, the Hindustan Times has reported quoting a report from a home ministry think tank. While close to 21000 ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges, bureaucrats, and private individuals enjoyed security in 2016, the number came down to just over 17000 in 2017. UP has made the biggest reduction in the number of VIPs under protection - from 1900 in 2016 to just 110 in 2017. West Bengal and Punjab, on the other hand, have seen the number of VIP police protectees rise significantly