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Balotra Stage Breach Triggers SHO Suspension, RAC Probe Orders

Officials cast the breach as a serious failure in deployment at a venue readied for a postponed prime ministerial visit.

Overview

  • Police in Balotra suspended Pachpadra SHO Achala Ram after a youth reached the VVIP stage at the event site and filmed himself.
  • The man, identified as Arshad, entered the restricted D area and got onto the platform, and his video later spread online, which Hindustan Times said it could not verify.
  • Rajasthan police said early findings point to negligence by Rajasthan Armed Constabulary personnel assigned to the venue.
  • The RAC Commandant has been directed to identify those responsible and start disciplinary action against the personnel on duty.
  • The breach followed a fire at the HPCL Pachpadra refinery that led to the postponement of the prime minister’s inauguration visit, intensifying scrutiny of security at the site.