Police Deny Security Breach After Youth Runs To PM Modi’s Car In Hubballi

New Delhi: After a youth apparently broke through a barricade and rushed towards PM Modi’s car during the roadshow in Karnataka’s Hubballi on Thursday, police denied the allegation.

The Hubballi‑Dharwad Police denied that there was a breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security cover during a roadshow ahead of the inaugural ceremony of the National Youth Festival in Karnataka city.

“There was no such breach in the prime minister’s security cover. A person tried to give a garland to PM Modi at his roadshow. We are gathering more information about the person,” news agency ANI quoted Gopal Byakod, DCP Crime, Hubballi‑Dharwad, as saying.

Sources also told ANI that all people in the enclosure, from where that boy came, were properly frisked by the Special Protection Group (SPG) and the whole area was properly sanitised by security agencies. “It is not a serious lapse,” a source said.

Modi was standing on the running board of his moving car and waving at an enthusiastic crowd that lined up both sides of the road as he was heading for the Railway Sports Ground from the airport when the incident happened.

Modi extended his hand to accept the garland but could not reach out to the boy. Security officials accompanying him on the road got hold of the garland and handed it over to the PM who put it inside the car.