Masked man drives through Delhi Assembly gate, arrested

A car driven by a masked man forced through one of the boundary gates of the Delhi Assembly premises, leading to a security scare on Monday afternoon, officials said. The car, bearing a UP registration number, entered the Assembly premises breaking through Gate No. 2 at around 2 PM, they said. "The driver proceeded towards the office of Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta and placed a flower bouquet near the porch before retreating," said a Delhi Secretariat official.The driver stopped the vehicle abruptly after breaching the barrier, got out calmly, placed a bouquet near the gate, and then drove away.

#WATCH | Delhi Assembly Security Breach | Visuals of the Tata Sierra car with UP registration number, which broke through Gate No. 2 of the Assembly.

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However, after a few hours of intense search operation, the masked man has been arrested and the car has been seized. The man has been identified as Sarabjit Singh and the car was recovered from Roop Nagar, a densely populated residential neighbourhood in North Delhi. The incident has raised "serious" security concerns, and authorities are treating it as a potential "security breach", he said. The incident comes close on the heels of bomb threats received by the Assembly during the recently concluded budget session.