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New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Delhi is now getting protection from armed CISF (the Central Industrial Security Force). It is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is affiliated with BJP in a mentoring capacity.
The Union Home Ministry sanctioned the cover based on the inputs shared by central intelligence agencies. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is already a 'Z plus' category protectee of the VIP security unit of the force. The Nagpur office of the organisation is part of this security detail.
The cover was extended to the offices in Delhi because the RSS chief also works from there. The re-development of the 'Keshav Kunj' facility is nearing completion. "It was thought prudent by the security agencies to provide it with an armed cover of the CISF which has been doing this job in Nagpur for many years," said sources.
The main 'Keshav Kunj' office located at Jhandewalan in central Delhi and its camp office located nearby at 'Udasin Ashram' started getting the cover on September 1. CISF is usually charged with providing security to industrial units and government infrastructures like atomic power plants, oil fields, ports, and space installations.
Official sources told PTI that the CISF now will control the entry and exit of the RSS building complexes. Guards will be posted at vantage points to secure the compound.