Two US citizens detained for flying drone near Rashtrapati Bhavan

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have detained a father-son duo, both US citizens for flying a drone near the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It is learnt that the two reached India on Saturday on tourist visas.

Both were taken into custody on September 14, police said. Police have recovered a few photographs of the high-security Central Secretariat area captured through the video camera fitted in the drone. Police are questioning the duo and further investigation is on.

According to sources, the two have said that they are working for an online portal and the videos were shot as part of the job. They also added that they were unaware of the fact that flying drones is banned in Delhi.