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Terror stalked President in Pune?
Pune, Oct 14 (PTI) In an alarming disclosure, police
Tuesday said that they had intercepted a car displaying fake
national emblem, moving along the route that President
Pratibha Patil was to take here on Saturday night.
The two suspects in the vehicle, however, had managed
to flee, they said.
An e-mail threat by an unidentified person had been
received by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the same day, saying
that the President would be targeted during her four-day Pune
district tour by attackers who could come under "disguise".
"A Maruti Swift car in which two persons, including a
woman, were seated was spotted near the University of Pune
entrance, a little away from Rajbhavan, where the President
was returning for the night halt after addressing a function
in the city to mark diamond jubilee of Marathi weekly
'Sadhana'," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Manoj
Patil told PTI Tuesday.
"Since Maruti Swift is not normally associated with
government fleet of cars, the traffic inspector posted along
the route of the Presidential convoy became suspicious when he
saw the car which carried national emblem and the writing
'Government Of India'," he said.
The car was intercepted around 45 minutes before the
Presidential convoy passed through the route on Saturday
night. The vehicle was immediately taken over by the police
who escorted it to the commissioners office premises.
The woman suspect, however, made the car halt midway
on a pretext and both of them gave police the slip. The number
plate on the car read- DL-9C-l- 2140.
"We have identified the male suspect in the car and
are confident of nabbing him," the top official said.
According to sources, police were probing possible
link between the e-mail threat and the interception of the
Maruti car on the same day.
The President, who arrived in the city on October 10,
attended a series of functions at Pune district, including
inauguration of the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) on
Sunday, in massive security cover. PTI HBJ
RKM
Tuesday said that they had intercepted a car displaying fake
national emblem, moving along the route that President
Pratibha Patil was to take here on Saturday night.
The two suspects in the vehicle, however, had managed
to flee, they said.
An e-mail threat by an unidentified person had been
received by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the same day, saying
that the President would be targeted during her four-day Pune
district tour by attackers who could come under "disguise".
"A Maruti Swift car in which two persons, including a
woman, were seated was spotted near the University of Pune
entrance, a little away from Rajbhavan, where the President
was returning for the night halt after addressing a function
in the city to mark diamond jubilee of Marathi weekly
'Sadhana'," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Manoj
Patil told PTI Tuesday.
"Since Maruti Swift is not normally associated with
government fleet of cars, the traffic inspector posted along
the route of the Presidential convoy became suspicious when he
saw the car which carried national emblem and the writing
'Government Of India'," he said.
The car was intercepted around 45 minutes before the
Presidential convoy passed through the route on Saturday
night. The vehicle was immediately taken over by the police
who escorted it to the commissioners office premises.
The woman suspect, however, made the car halt midway
on a pretext and both of them gave police the slip. The number
plate on the car read- DL-9C-l- 2140.
"We have identified the male suspect in the car and
are confident of nabbing him," the top official said.
According to sources, police were probing possible
link between the e-mail threat and the interception of the
Maruti car on the same day.
The President, who arrived in the city on October 10,
attended a series of functions at Pune district, including
inauguration of the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) on
Sunday, in massive security cover. PTI HBJ
RKM
