Drone hovers over Taj Mahal second alarm in 24 hours

Lucknow | Friday | 18th January, 2019

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AGRA: 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. The police seized the drone and allowed the tourist to go after a written apology. 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..