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Later, the Filipino submitted an unconditional apology to police for flying drone in the restricted area. AGRA: An Israeli national was held by Agra police for allegedly flying a drone around the Taj Mahal from the terrace of his hotel in Tajganj area on Friday.However, no action was taken against the tourist as he was unaware about the rules. He told police that he was unaware about the rules. The police booked the hotel’s owner and manager for violation of section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public Servant) of IPC.According to the order, flying drones without permission is prohibited in the periphery of 500 meter around the Taj Mahal due to security reasons.A 32-year-old youth was allegedly flying drone just 200 meters away from the Taj Mahal near its South Gate from his hotel.Circle Officer, Taj security Prabhat Kumar said, “We have checked the aerial pictures and videos taken by the drone, but no objectionable image was found”. He said there are clear instructions to all hoteliers to brief all their guests, domestic or foreigners, about the no-drone flying rules around the Taj but they had apparently failed to do so.This was not the first incident, several such incidents of drone-flying in the restricted area have been reported in the last two years.Recently, a Philippines national and his Indian friend were detained by the police for flying drone around the Taj Mahal on March 6..