Daughters of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have decided to give up the security cover provided to them by elite Special Special Protection Guard (SPG).
After assessment of their security and a decision to continue the SPG cover for another year till May 2016, the two daughters-- Upinder Singh and Daman Singh-- have communicated verbally to the SPG officials requesting for discontinuing the protection by the elite force. The SPG commandos have since been withdrawn from the security of Daman, a writer by profession, and the process for taking out the SPG cover for her sister Upinder, who is Professor in Delhi University, is on, official sources said.
“We had made a request and it has been withdrawn,” says Daman whose husband is an IPS officer. They are, however, provided with a cover of Delhi Police as a precautionary measure. “At present they are still there but we have already told them to withdraw it. This will be done after completing the required procedures,” Upinder, a professor of History at Delhi University said.