India, Afghanistan leaders to bring own security while in Sri Lanka
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka later next month, has decided to rely on his very own specialised Indian security for protection during his stay in the island, reports the Colombo weekend newspaper ‘The Nation’.
The newspaper quotes highly-placed sources that the ‘Indian Black Cats’ would provide the necessary protection to the Indian Premier during his visit here to participate at the forthcoming SAARC Summit.
India’s concern for the Prime Minister’s security stems from the July 1987 assault on Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a Sri Lankan navy soldier while he was in Colombo to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord with then President J.R. Jayewardene.
Meanwhile, speculation is rife that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who is also scheduled to attend the regional Summit, would be relying on his own security as well, according to the ‘Nation.’
on June 25th, the Afghan government for the first time publicly accused the Pakistani intelligence service of organizing the failed plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai at a parade in Kabul in April 2008.
