Clicking photographs of Vidhan Bhawan landed four persons, including a retired teacher and two current ones, proved costly when the cops arrested them on Monday evening. They are from Bastar district of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.
Though a section of the cops was in a mood to let them off, city police chief Ankush Dhanvijay is learnt to have asked the officers to book them pending verification of their antecedents. The Sitabuldi cops then booked them on suspicion especially because the four hail from a Naxal-affected region.
Considered as a highly sensitive location, Vidhan Bhawan is presently under tight security following intelligence about it being targeted by anti-national forces. There have been recent reports of a threatening letter reaching speaker of the state assembly warning him about their plan to attack the building where winter session of Maharashtra legislature is scheduled to begin from December 1.
Security concerns have also brought a senior officer of the anti-terror squad in city from Mumbai. He conducted a security review of the Bhawan. In the recent past, two students from Amravati had landed in trouble when photographing Vidhan Bhawan with their mobile phone camera. They were, however, let off after the initial questioning.
Alert city police's latest catches were Uttamrao Wankhede (62), a retired teacher, along with two more teachers Lachhman Singh Baghel (27) and Shamuram Morya (30) and Dhansahay Baghel, a peon of the school.
Police said that Morya was photographing the building when a security guard at the gate saw him. He alerted the police constable present there. Sitabuldi police were alerted and they whisked away the four accused. They told cops they had started from Jagdalpur a couple of days for Shirdi. Police, however, found no photographs of Shirdi in their camera. It is learnt that four reached Nagpur on Sunday evening by train and stayed at a lodge on Central Avenue. They were supposed to leave for Bastar by bus.
The autorickshaw driver who ferried them from railway station to hotel a day before was engaged by them to be taken around the city. They first went to Ganesh Tekdi temple and then came to Vidhan Bhawan.
Though a section of the cops was in a mood to let them off, city police chief Ankush Dhanvijay is learnt to have asked the officers to book them pending verification of their antecedents. The Sitabuldi cops then booked them on suspicion especially because the four hail from a Naxal-affected region.
Considered as a highly sensitive location, Vidhan Bhawan is presently under tight security following intelligence about it being targeted by anti-national forces. There have been recent reports of a threatening letter reaching speaker of the state assembly warning him about their plan to attack the building where winter session of Maharashtra legislature is scheduled to begin from December 1.
Security concerns have also brought a senior officer of the anti-terror squad in city from Mumbai. He conducted a security review of the Bhawan. In the recent past, two students from Amravati had landed in trouble when photographing Vidhan Bhawan with their mobile phone camera. They were, however, let off after the initial questioning.
Alert city police's latest catches were Uttamrao Wankhede (62), a retired teacher, along with two more teachers Lachhman Singh Baghel (27) and Shamuram Morya (30) and Dhansahay Baghel, a peon of the school.
Police said that Morya was photographing the building when a security guard at the gate saw him. He alerted the police constable present there. Sitabuldi police were alerted and they whisked away the four accused. They told cops they had started from Jagdalpur a couple of days for Shirdi. Police, however, found no photographs of Shirdi in their camera. It is learnt that four reached Nagpur on Sunday evening by train and stayed at a lodge on Central Avenue. They were supposed to leave for Bastar by bus.
The autorickshaw driver who ferried them from railway station to hotel a day before was engaged by them to be taken around the city. They first went to Ganesh Tekdi temple and then came to Vidhan Bhawan.
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