The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has taken over the security of Indian Parliament (Sansad Bhawan) after the incident when 2 miscreants on 13 Dec 2023 entered the Lok Sabha with gas canisters.
The parliament security was earlier being handled by the Delhi Police Special Cell.
CISF is one of the 7 paramilitary organizations under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) headed by the Indian Home Minister.
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What is CISF?
CISF or the Central Industrial Police Force is the law enforcement and security organization responsible to protect critical industrial and public infrastructure such as mines, oil fields, atomic power, ISRO, DRDO, steel plants, etc. Typically they operate with other law enforcement agencies such as State Industrial Security Forces and local police.
It was setup under the CISF act of the Indian Parliament on 15 March 1969. Later it was categorized as an armed force under Act 14 of 1983.
As of December 2023, it has a sanctioned strength of 1,80,000 personnel.