Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Delhi Deploys 35,000 Personnel for Multi-Layered BRICS Security
Delhi is hosting a two-day meeting called the BRICS Summit.
Many important leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Masoud Pezeshkian, are attending.
India has sent nearly 35,000 police and security personnel to protect them.
Special teams, cameras, sniffer dogs and anti-drone equipment are being used.
Xi Jinping’s hotel, travel routes and meeting locations have extra checks for bombs, dangerous materials and other threats.
Roads may briefly close or change when the leaders’ convoys travel.
Some flight training and other flights are restricted around Delhi.
Four Tibetan protesters were detained after displaying flags and banners near the summit venue.
Other Tibetan groups held a peaceful march to protest Xi’s visit and China’s policies in Tibet.
Nearly 35,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed across Delhi for the two-day BRICS Summit.
Operation BRICS Kavach includes National Security Guard commandos, SWAT teams, anti-drone systems, CBRN checks and more than 500 facial-recognition CCTV cameras.
Security has been intensified around Bharat Mandapam, 11 luxury hotels and routes used by Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Masoud Pezeshkian.
Flight training is restricted across seven states from Friday morning through Sunday night, while authorized flights require specified clearances.
Police detained four Tibetan protesters near Bharat Mandapam, while 250–300 others held a peaceful march in Majnu Ka Tila.
- Who
- Delhi Police, paramilitary forces, the National Security Guard, other Indian agencies and Chinese security personnel are protecting BRICS delegates, including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Masoud Pezeshkian.
- What
- Authorities have launched Operation BRICS Kavach, a multilayered security operation involving surveillance, route controls, airspace restrictions and protest monitoring.
- When
- The summit begins Saturday; heightened security and flight-training restrictions run from Friday through Sunday, while Xi Jinping is expected to stay for roughly 24 hours.
- Where
- Measures cover Bharat Mandapam, 11 hotels, Delhi’s major routes, Palam Air Force Station and airports within a 300-kilometre radius of the capital.
- Why
- The measures are intended to protect visiting leaders, secure their convoys and venues, and prevent threats involving drones, protests, sabotage, terrorism or hazardous materials.
Security Authorities
Tibetan Protesters
Security restrictions
Security Authorities
Authorities say extensive security, traffic diversions, airspace controls and surveillance are needed to protect visiting leaders and manage their motorcades.
Tibetan Protesters
Protesters used banners, flags and a march to object to Xi Jinping’s visit and draw attention to Tibet-related grievances.
China and Tibet
Security Authorities
Officials focused on securing the summit and did not endorse the protesters’ demands in the reports.
Tibetan Protesters
Students for a Free Tibet called on BRICS leaders to condemn what it described as China’s occupation of Tibet and human-rights violations, while protesters raised concerns about infrastructure projects and activity along the Indo-Tibetan border.
- Personnel deployed
- Nearly 35,000 police and paramilitary personnel, including around 20,000 police officers and 200 paramilitary companies.
- Security operation
- The plan is called Operation BRICS Kavach.
- Surveillance
- More than 500 CCTV cameras with facial-recognition features are being used.
- Protected locations
- Eleven major luxury hotels, Bharat Mandapam and routes linking the airport, hotels and summit venue are under heightened security.
- Xi Jinping’s arrangements
- Xi is staying at the Taj Palace with an entourage of about 67 people; his route and hotel are receiving specialized security checks.
- Flight restrictions
- Flying training is prohibited in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh from 7 a.m. Friday until 11 p.m. Sunday.
- Protests
- Four pro-Tibet protesters were detained near Bharat Mandapam, while around 250–300 Tibetan Youth Congress members and Tibetan nationals marched in Majnu Ka Tila.
