Centre Withdraws Mukul Roy's 'Z-Category' Security Cover: Report

Mukul Roy, who had left the TMC and joined BJP in 2017, had last week rejoined the Trinamool Congress. His son Subhrangshu Roy also joined Mamata Banerjee's party.

The Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal politician and MLA Mukul Roy, who recently re-joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a brief stint with the BJP, has been withdrawn, official sources said today. They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to recall its detachment deployed with the 67-year-old Mukul Roy. Mukul Roy had last week joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC along with his son Subhrangshu in Kolkata. Sources told news agency Press Trust of India that Mr Roy, who won the assembly election as a BJP candidate from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency, had written to the Centre to withdraw the security cover, which has now been given effect to.