Bengaluru: Two bike-borne college students sparked a safety scare as they tried to enter a metropolis street when the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s convoy was passing via it on Sunday night time following which they have been detained. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr Bheemashankar Guled mentioned when Shah’s convoy was shifting on the Cubbon Road at about 10.45 pm, they entered it from the Safina Plaza finish.
“When a police constable tried to stop them, they rammed their two-wheeler into him and fled. The deployed policemen caught one of them. However, the other one escaped from the spot,” he mentioned.
The police later arrested the second based mostly on the interrogation with the detained youth.
A case below part 353 (obstructing police from discharging duties) and 279 (rash and negligent driving) of the IPC has been registered in opposition to them.
“Yes, in one way it was a security lapse but these people did not know about the VVIP movement. They injured our policeman. Hence, we are initiating appropriate action against them,” Guled mentioned.
Noting that the scholars didn’t have some other motive or ill-intention, he mentioned he would favor to not name it a safety breach.
He mentioned they didn’t have any felony background, including that the bike belonged to their household.
