New Delhi, November 10
Security of five judges, who delivered the verdict in the highly sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, has been enhanced with the deployment of additional troops, barricades and mobile escort teams, officials said on Sunday.
The enhanced security has been put in place since Saturday, when the judges — Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer — delivered the verdict in the century-old dispute.
“Security of the honourable judges has been enhanced as a precautionary measure. However, there has been no specific threat to the judges,” a senior official said.
As part of the security drill, additional troops have been deployed at the residences of the judges with some barricades on the roads leading to their houses.
Earlier, the judges had house guards and static security. Now, the mobile component of the security has been added and an escort vehicle with armed guards will accompany each judge’s vehicle. “The arrangements are purely a precautionary step,” another official said. — PTI
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