Does an IAS officer have a personal bodyguard?

Yes officer have bodyguards! Every ias officer have a personal bodyguard. But government provides 1 to 2 personal security personal. If DM go to visiting to any place in district then local police deployed fro security. If ias posted in the naxal affected district then government increase security personnel for ias officers.

Can a IAS officer get his own gun?

To summarise, there are no guns entitled to IAS Officers by the government. However, they can get their own licensed guns like any other Indian citizen if they wish to. As mentioned above, they are provided security and personal bodyguards as well, which dismisses their need for security through personal firearms.

Do you have bodyguards if you are a police officer?

No! They only have armed attendants (either a homeguard or a lower rank policeman) who accompany them in their official outings, not as bodyguards but only as escorts. A bodyguard has an exclusive job of protecting the person from any kind of harm, although these attendants' job is more of a helper than of a protector.

Why does an IAS officer need a bungalow?

When the IAS officers are posted as District Collectors, they usually get a bungalow because a bungalow is earmarked for the Collector. They need bungalow in such posts because they have to set up an office at their residence as well.