Two Americans held for flying drone over Rashtrapati Bhawan

New Delhi: Intelligence agencies and Delhi Police scrambled into action after they were alerted about a drone flying over the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Prime Minister’s Office in the high-security ‘no flying zone’ in Lutyens’ Delhi this weekend. The incident happened at about 5-6 p.m. on Saturday. Police have arrested two Americans - a father-son duo - in this connection, Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, Eish Singhal told. Police have yet to establish the Americans’ motive behind the flying drone in such sensitive and high-security zone, despite interrogating both of them till late night on Saturday. “Their motive behind flying the drone is not clear. An investigation is going on,” Singhal said.

A Delhi Police officer, on the condition of anonymity, told: “The matter relates to flying a drone in a very sensitive zone. The arrested accused are Americans. Intelligence officials are unlikely to say anything on the issue. As a precautionary measure, we have registered a case at South Avenue police station for the record.” A passerby saw the drone flying over the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the PMO and informed the police. (IANS)

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