PM's security breached

White ambassador breaks into Manmohan Singh's cavalry near Chanakyapuri

At about 7.15 pm on Wednesday, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's caravan was on its way to 7, RCR, a white Ambassador pierced the security cover at Teen Murti Marg in Chanakyapuri and travelled with the cavalry for a few metres. The joyride came to an end after an escort car spotted the errant vehicle.


Singh Niwas: The PM's residence on 7, Race Course Road.

The car occupants were detained then and there and were jointly interrogated by security agencies (intelligence bureau) and local police for hours.

Joint Commissioner of Police, security, Mohammed Taj Hasan, said: "I will not be able to give details on the matter as it was basically handled by the local police."

Senior police officers of the New Delhi district were unavailable for comments on the matter.

Sources in the police, meanwhile, said that an ambassador car with about three men in police uniform sitting inside suddenly entered into the PM's caravan at Teen Murti Marg.

"They had probably exited from house number 11 at Teen Murti Marg, which belongs to Congress leader Buta Singh, and entered the convoy. All the policemen, who were reportedly from paramilitary forces, were detained along with the vehicle and interrogated at length at the Chanakyapuri police station on Wednesday night and a Daily Diary (DD) entry was filed about the incident," a senior police officer stated.

Cops, however, remained tight-lipped on what action was taken against the security men.
The Prime Minister was on his way to his residence from the airport after visiting Maharashtra for the launch of the AADHAR project, with the Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Delhi police have now become extra vigilant after the breach and the security unit as well as the local police who are responsible for guarding the PM's route have been pulled up by security agencies and senior officials.