India, April 19 -- PATNA Bihar's deputy chief ministers, Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav of JD(U), and former chief minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar were given Z category security on Saturday. This cover comprises a dedicated team of 22 trained personnel, including four to six specially armed commandos.

The state's home department detailed the new security arrangement in a notification issued on Saturday. The notice stated that Shravan Kumar, a former minister and close aide of Nitish, would also receive Y+ security. Meanwhile, the Z+ security detail for former deputy CM and BJP leader Vijay Sinha was downgraded to Z category, according to the notice. Both former deputy CMs, Sinha and Samrat Choudhary, had ...