CGames chief defends Delhi security measures

Commonwealth Games chiefs hit back Monday at what they said were “ill-informed” comments regarding security arrangements for the 2010 edition in Delhi in October.

Last weekend Lloyd Bromfield, a security consultant who has worked at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics, warned of a “dangerous environment” in India and said he wouldn’t want his family to be in Delhi during the Games.

“In my opinion, it is a dangerous environment, there is no way the Indian authorities can guarantee anything,” Bromfield told Australia’s News Limited media group.

But the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), in a statement issued Monday, said it had deemed such comments as “ill informed” and, based on advice from its own independent experts, security planning for the Games was “on track”.

LONDON, AFP