Drone found hovering over Taj Mahal, 2nd time in 24 hrs
Anuja.Jaiswal@timesgroup.com
Agra:18.01.2019
The airspace of Taj Mahal was breached on Thursday morning when a drone was sighted hovering over the monument twice at 7:40am and then again half an hour later. This was the second such incident in the past 24 hours.
On Wednesday, a drone was spotted by security personnel around 11 am and then again at 4:30pm. Before the security agencies could track it, the drone flew away. It was flying at a height of over a kilometre.
Ankit Namdev, conservation assistant of ASI at Taj Mahal, informed the circle officer (Taj security) about the incident, following which, a case was registered against unidentified persons under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC. The owner of the drone has not been identified so far.
Security agency officials admitted that this was a challenge for them as it happened four times within 24 hours, but expressed confidence that they’ll track down the drone’s owner soon. The use of drones is strictly prohibited in and around the Taj.
Anuja.Jaiswal@timesgroup.com
Agra:18.01.2019
The airspace of Taj Mahal was breached on Thursday morning when a drone was sighted hovering over the monument twice at 7:40am and then again half an hour later. This was the second such incident in the past 24 hours.
On Wednesday, a drone was spotted by security personnel around 11 am and then again at 4:30pm. Before the security agencies could track it, the drone flew away. It was flying at a height of over a kilometre.
Ankit Namdev, conservation assistant of ASI at Taj Mahal, informed the circle officer (Taj security) about the incident, following which, a case was registered against unidentified persons under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC. The owner of the drone has not been identified so far.
Security agency officials admitted that this was a challenge for them as it happened four times within 24 hours, but expressed confidence that they’ll track down the drone’s owner soon. The use of drones is strictly prohibited in and around the Taj.
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