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The '''Delhi Police''' ('''DP''') is the [[law enforcement]] agency for the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] (NCT). Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India]]. <ref name="MHA report 15" />{{rp|para7.5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=दिल्ली पुलिस: राज्य सरकार को नियंत्रण देना कितना कठिन? |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india/2014/01/140122_control_over_delhi_police_pk |access-date=2 May 2020 |work=BBC News हिंदी |quote=दिल्ली पुलिस फिलहाल गृह मंत्रालय के अधीन है.  दूसरे राज्यों पर पुलिस और प्रशासन की व्यवस्था राज्य सरकार के अधीन होती है. |date=२०१४ |language=hi}}</ref> In 2015, sanctioned strength of Delhi Police was 84,536 (including I.R. Battalions)<ref name="MHA report 15">{{cite web|title=Annual Report Ministry of Home Affairs 2014–2015|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/AR%28E%291415.pdf|publisher=Departments of Internal Security, States, Home,Jammu & Kashmir Affairs and Border Management|location=Delhi|p=82|date=July 2015|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815031325/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/AR(E)1415.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|para7.69}} making it one of the largest metropolitan police forces in the world.<ref name="N. R. Madhava Menon, D. Banerjea 2002 45–46">{{cite book|title=Criminal Justice India Series: Volume 7 National Capital Territory of Delhi|year=2002|publisher=Allied Publishers|location=Ahmedabad|author=N. R. Madhava Menon, D. Banerjea |pages=45–46}}</ref> About 25% of Delhi Police strength is earmarked for VIP security.<ref name=" Delhi Sees 142 Murders, 578 Rapes and 1,729 Robberies in Less Than Four Months">{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Sumit Kumar |title= Delhi Sees 142 Murders, 578 Rapes and 1,729 Robberies in Less Than Four Months|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Delhi-Sees-142-Murders-578-Rapes-and-1729-Robberies-in-Less-Than-Four-Months/2016/05/08/article3420989.ecenths|access-date=27 May 2016|agency=NewIndianexpress|publisher=sundaystandard|date=8 May 2016|location=New Delhi|language=en}}</ref>   

The Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Home Affairs (India) (MHA) are responsible for identifying and nominating person deserving police protection.  The level of police protection is decided by the Home Minister and the home Secretary.  There are four categories of protection or security cover: Z+, Z, Y, and X.  Who will get what category of security cover is decided by Security Categorization Committee (SCC) — headed by the home secretary.<ref name="Staggering rise in VIP protectee list: 454 people in 2016 ">{{cite news|last=Ahuja|first1=Rajesh|title=Staggering rise in VIP protectee list: 454 people in 2016|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/staggering-rise-in-vip-protectee-list-454-people-in-2016/story-HamIRQTpG9yXOGR39PNHDP.html|access-date=30 May 2016|work=Hindustan Times|date=29 May 2016|location=New Delhi|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530131234/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/staggering-rise-in-vip-protectee-list-454-people-in-2016/story-HamIRQTpG9yXOGR39PNHDP.html|archive-date=30 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=" Delhi Sees 142 Murders, 578 Rapes and 1,729 Robberies in Less Than Four Months"/>

In 2012, during the tenure of the Congress(I) led government, Intelligence Bureau nominated 332 persons for protection; in 2016, under the BJP led NDA government, the number of people identified by Intelligence Bureau and MHA for police protection shot up to 454.  A spokesperson of the MHA dismissed allegations that the list of persons given police protection is prepared arbitrarily.  He said, "The number of protectees keeps changing depending on reports and inputs received from the security agencies. " Home Minister Rajnath Singh's predecessor Sushil Kumar Shinde, had explained that the persons nominated for protection  "Only on the basis of recommendations from the Intelligence Bureau (IB)…We don’t do it on our own," The current list includes nine expelled Congress MLAs from [[Uttarakhand]] who revolted against [[Harish Rawat]] and joined the BJP on 18 May 2016 .  It includes the name of BJP's Kisan Morcha chief Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, Umesh Kumar, a journalist, who carried out a sting on chief minister Rawat.<ref name="Staggering rise in VIP protectee list: 454 people in 2016 "/><ref name=" Delhi Sees 142 Murders, 578 Rapes and 1,729 Robberies in Less Than Four Months"/>