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Red beacons aren't the only status symbol VIPs like to sport. Among others is having a policeman (or three) by your side. This is not a harmless proclivity either as the practice of cops being deputed to guard VIPs has left India among the least policed countries in the world, according to reports.
Close to 20,000 VIPs have, on average, three cops guarding each of them, leaving only one cop every 663 Indians for protecting ordinary citizens, the Times of India reported while citing the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). According to the
