Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security — the highest in the country — was breached today during his roadshow in Karnataka’s Hubbali by a teen who jumped onto the road suddenly and managed to go within an arm’s length of him.
He was intercepted at the last minute and whisked away by the Special Protection Group or SPG of the Prime Minister.
The boy was carrying a garland and apparently trying to felicitate the Prime Minister, who was riding on the running board of an SUV and waving to cheering crowds. While the SPG men immediately blocked him, the Prime Minister was seen extending his hand to accept the garland.
The security officials accompanying him got hold of the garland and handed it over to the Prime Minister who put it inside the car.
The Prime Minister has a five-layer security, of which the outermost layer is the responsibility of the state police.
PM Modi’s security was breached last year during his visit to Punjab. While on his way to Ferozepur for an election rally on January 5, the Prime Minister’s cavalcade was stopped for 20 minutes on a flyover in full view of television cameras due to a blockade by protesting farmers.
A committee probing the security breach found lapses on part of the Punjab police, the Supreme Court had said. The five-member committee, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra, later suggested remedial measures to strengthen the Prime Minister’s security.
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