Enhanced security cover given to Vijay withdrawn

The Tamil Nadu constabulary connected Wednesday (May 6, 2026) nighttime withdrew the convoy and information standard fixed to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam person C. Joseph Vijay, authoritative sources said.

The information protocol accorded to Mr. Vijay, which was connected par with the Z-Plus standard fixed to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, was reduced to bare minimum.

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Hours aft the aboriginal indications during the counting of votes connected May 4, 2025, pointed to a immense triumph for TVK, the police enhanced information arrangements astatine the residence and enactment bureau of Mr. Vijay.

While constabulary officers said the information was beefed to modulate the immense gathering of enactment workers and fans astatine the residence of the TVK leader, the way bandobust and different information measures pointed to elevating the extortion of Mr. Vijay to the standard of a Chief Minister.

A elder serviceman successful the fertile of a Deputy Inspector-General of Police was deployed to supervise the information of Mr. Vijay. More than a twelve equipped commandos of the Security Branch CID of the State constabulary took complaint of the bandobust. An entree power strategy was besides enactment successful place, the sources said.

Two much officers successful the fertile of a Superintendent of Police were directed to study to the Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence. They were placed on peculiar work to be the urgent works relating to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections 2026 until further orders.

However, a elder constabulary serviceman said the information arrangements were withdrawn pursuing a petition made by elder TVK leaders. “They did not privation the convoy oregon information protocol,” the serviceman who requested not to beryllium quoted said.

The 3 officers who were fixed the peculiar work were besides called backmost and asked to spell backmost to their earlier postings, the serviceman said.

‘Y’ standard remains

Mr. Vijay is protected by ‘Y’ standard of information which was fixed by the Union Government. Armed guards of the Central Reserve Police Force supply information screen to him portion connected the determination and the spot of stay.

Besides backstage information guards engaged by the enactment to support the actor-turned-politician, the section constabulary besides deploy unit during question and astatine nationalist gatherings, the sources said.