04-06-2009, 01:07 AM
<b>ISRO chief Madhavan Nair given Z category security</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sources in the Union Home Ministry said 65-year-old Nair, who is also Secretary, Department of Space, had been provided with "Z" category security while the other six scietists associated with the satellite and rocket divisions were given "Y" category security.
The move comes in the wake of interrogation of Furfur Nawaz alias Shabaz Nawaz, a Lashkar militant, recently deported from a Gulf country. He told the interrogators that Lashker had made plans to either kidnap or assassinate some of the prominent scientists including Nair, the sources said.
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The move comes in the wake of interrogation of Furfur Nawaz alias Shabaz Nawaz, a Lashkar militant, recently deported from a Gulf country. He told the interrogators that Lashker had made plans to either kidnap or assassinate some of the prominent scientists including Nair, the sources said.
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