The Allahabad High Court has directed the Union government to provide a personal security officer from the Central Armed Police Forces to a man who claims to have received threats for having filed multiple cases against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, including one claiming that he is a British citizen.

A bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Brij Raj Singh on Thursday asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to respond to the petition filed by S Vignesh Shishir seeking Y-plus security. Shishir claims to be a member of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka unit, Live Law reported.

Those protected under the “Y-plus” category of security cover get one personal security officer and 10 armed commandos.

The bench directed the Union government to provide Shishir one personal security officer from the Central Armed Police Forces as an interim measure.

“We are, prima facie, satisfied that the matter requires consideration as the petitioner has been pursuing his cases against a very powerful individual and is facing constant threats and has to appear before the Investigating Officer at Police Station Kotwali, District Raebareli in pursuance of notice issued to him,” the bench said.

In his petition, Shishir said that he had filed a complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation against Gandhi, Bar and Bench reported. The petition also claimed that he had submitted documents and other materials showing “the British citizenship of Shri Rahul Gandhi”.

This included the details of M/s Backops Limited, a company incorporated in 2003 in the United Kingdom where Gandhi had purportedly declared his nationality as British, Shishir added, Live Law reported.

The petition also claimed that Shishir had lodged a complaint with the Raebareli Police in July 2024 seeking registration of a first information report against Gandhi under several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 12 of the Passports Act.

Section 12 outlines the offences and penalties related to passport misuse, including making false applications, holding forged documents, or failing to produce a passport when required.

Shishir added that the police had issued him a notice in August to appear before it and produce documents regarding Gandhi’s alleged British citizenship, according to Live Law.

The petition added that Shishir had also filed objections against the candidature of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Kerala’s Wayanad. Noting that his objections had not been taken into account, Shishir added that he was in the process of “filing a writ of quo warranto” against her.

The petition claimed that Shishir was facing threats because of his cases against the two Congress leaders, Bar and Bench reported. He has also sought the formation of a high-level threat assessment committee comprising senior officials from intelligence and security agencies in the matter.

Deputy Solicitor General of India SB Pandey, representing the Union government, told the bench that an appropriate order for security could be passed to enable the petitioner to pursue his cases without fear in light of the alleged threats, Live Law reported.

Pandey also sought time to file a counter-affidavit in the matter.

The bench directed the Union government to to provide the security immediately and listed the matter for hearing on October 9.

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