Shillong, Feb 3: Former Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) R Chandranathan has been appointed as the security advisor to the government of Meghalaya.
A notification issued by the Additional Chief Secretary in-charge Home (Police) department DP Wahlang on Wednesday said the duties of the security advisor is to coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs and other central and intelligence agencies & VIP security in other parts of the country except state of Meghalaya.
The office of the security advisor will be at Resident Commissioner, APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi.
The appointment of the security advisor is initially for a period of one year which may be extended as per need and he shall be paid a monthly honorarium of Rs 75,000 besides TA/DA as per admissible, the notification said.
It further informed that the security advisor will be provided with the official vehicle in New Delhi with POL expenses as per government prescribed rules. All other entitlements of perks and perquisites will also be provided as per extant Rules.
The expenditure will be charged to the head “2055-Police-001-Direction & Administration-(01)-IGP’s Office-01-Salaries-General-Voted”, the notification added.
The notification also comes in the wake of frequent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks triggered by the HNLC, a banned Khasi rebel outfit in the state. The latest was at Khyndailad (police bazaar) where at least four HNLC cadres including an area commander have been arrested so far.
