The controversy over Delhi Police’s security profiling of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has brought out several interesting details in the public domain after the Government detailed the procedure on Monday in Parliament. The two-page form, filled usually by a sub-inspector, seeks details like alias used by the VVIP, gait and whether the person has a beard or moustache.
The proforma detailing the profile of Vajpayee, which was filled on August 27, 2001, says that the former Prime Minister usually speaks in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. Against the section “Dress including shoes usually put on/worn by suspect”, the reply mentioned was he wears dhoti, kurta, jawahar jacket and ‘chappals’. The usage of the word “suspect” in the VVIP security profiling form has created a flutter. It was evident that the police authorities simply did a cut and paste job from their older forms.
Advani and another BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi have been described as Vajpayee’s “close associates.” Against the section on occupation, Vajpayee has been described as a poet and politician. On page 2, in the past activities section, the police official states that Vajpayee “did not get married in his life.”
As for Advani, his profiling mentions he keeps moustache, speaks Hindi and English and wears suit, kurta pyjama. Vajpayee and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj have been described as his “close associates” in the proforma filled by a sub-inspector on January 8, 2002.
According to the proforma filled up detailing Swaraj, she wears saree, sandals and “uses” bindi. Her hairstyle is “simple” and she can speak Hindi and English.
The proforma filled up on Amit Shah says he is BSc in Biotechnology and describes his occupation as “business”. Shah sports both a moustache and a beard, uses spectacles and speaks Hindi, English and Gujarati.