ORAC
28th Jul 2006, 10:43
What is it with you lot and your PM. Last week you were nicking all the whisky on his jet, now its this.... ;)
(Reuters) 3 Gatecrash into Indian PM's house
NEW DELHI - Two air hostesses and a man were detained after they gatecrashed into the Indian prime minister's house in a luxury car, apparently intoxicated and wanting to meet the premier, police said on Friday. The security scare took place late on Thursday, in the full glare of TV cameras while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was presiding over a cabinet meeting inside.
TV pictures showed the car, with one of the air hostesses at the wheel, drive past security posts into the sprawling complex and reach an alighting point from where only visitors with appointments are escorted inside. The driver of the car blew kisses at the cameras after the prime minister's security guards asked her to turn back. The car sped away before it was stopped near a Delhi market and its occupants detained, police said.
"We were just joking," the girl driving the car later told TV channels. "We asked if we could meet the prime minister and he just let us in," she said referring to a security guard.
Police said they had yet to decide on pressing charges against the three.
Security at the Indian prime minister's house is among the tightest in New Delhi as he is perceived to be a top target of Islamist militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and other insurgent groups elsewhere in the country.
(Reuters) 3 Gatecrash into Indian PM's house
NEW DELHI - Two air hostesses and a man were detained after they gatecrashed into the Indian prime minister's house in a luxury car, apparently intoxicated and wanting to meet the premier, police said on Friday. The security scare took place late on Thursday, in the full glare of TV cameras while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was presiding over a cabinet meeting inside.
TV pictures showed the car, with one of the air hostesses at the wheel, drive past security posts into the sprawling complex and reach an alighting point from where only visitors with appointments are escorted inside. The driver of the car blew kisses at the cameras after the prime minister's security guards asked her to turn back. The car sped away before it was stopped near a Delhi market and its occupants detained, police said.
"We were just joking," the girl driving the car later told TV channels. "We asked if we could meet the prime minister and he just let us in," she said referring to a security guard.
Police said they had yet to decide on pressing charges against the three.
Security at the Indian prime minister's house is among the tightest in New Delhi as he is perceived to be a top target of Islamist militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and other insurgent groups elsewhere in the country.