Metal detector frames will be placed at various points, dog squads pressed into service and all entries into the complex will be scrutinised under the supervision of top officials, including additional commissioners of police, sources said. Summoned as a co-accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case by special judge justice Ajit Bharihoke, Rao will come to the court accompanied by his SPG guards.
This is the first time that a former Prime Minister under `Z' plus security cover will appear in the court.
A team of senior police officers, including commissioner Nikhil Kumar, SPG director Shyamal Dutta, additional commissioner of police (north) B K Gupta and DCP (north) P K Srivastava, visited the court premises and discussed the security aspect with Justice Bharihoke. The sources said security will be very tight and special arrangements are being made to control the crowd and the hordes of lawyers, reporters, photographers and TV crew who will descend on the court on Monday.
It has been decided to allow only reporters inside the court premises. Photographers and TV crew will have to take their shots from outside the boundary wall. Police officials are chalking out the route to bring Rao to the court and measures for controlling the crowd which would converge in the Tis Hazari court on that day.
