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Mumbai police have been conducting combing operations through the city to identify six men who were spotted paragliding last week close to Mumbai’s coast, putting security agencies on high alert.
A Pawan Hans helicopter pilot had apparently spotted six men about 2 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast near J W Mariott Hotel in Juhu on January 13. The issue takes significance as the intelligence bureau had alerted state police agencies across the country in 2010 of a possible aerial attack by militants using paragliders. As per an order released by the Mumbai police in November 2015, paragliding is banned in the city.
A manhunt was launched for the six persons, and the Santacruz police station which took cognizance of the report, conducted a combing operation around the area. Police officials however said nothing has been determined yet. A senior crime branch officer, requesting anonymity said, “We have been combing the area to figure out who was flying the paragliders, and if any such event was organized in the area. We are also checking hotels and lodges across the city to identify if any suspicious person has checked in the last five days.” An official of the Mumbai police said the possibility of the sighting being that of balloon or kite was not ruled out as January 13 was around the Makar Sankranti festival during which kites are flown.
Mumbai cops combing city for 6 ‘suspicious’ paragliders spotted by pilot | mumbai | Hindustan Times
A Pawan Hans helicopter pilot had apparently spotted six men about 2 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast near J W Mariott Hotel in Juhu on January 13. The issue takes significance as the intelligence bureau had alerted state police agencies across the country in 2010 of a possible aerial attack by militants using paragliders. As per an order released by the Mumbai police in November 2015, paragliding is banned in the city.
A manhunt was launched for the six persons, and the Santacruz police station which took cognizance of the report, conducted a combing operation around the area. Police officials however said nothing has been determined yet. A senior crime branch officer, requesting anonymity said, “We have been combing the area to figure out who was flying the paragliders, and if any such event was organized in the area. We are also checking hotels and lodges across the city to identify if any suspicious person has checked in the last five days.” An official of the Mumbai police said the possibility of the sighting being that of balloon or kite was not ruled out as January 13 was around the Makar Sankranti festival during which kites are flown.
Mumbai cops combing city for 6 ‘suspicious’ paragliders spotted by pilot | mumbai | Hindustan Times
