Intruder held from Hindon air base

May 06, 2016 22:57

A man was arrested in Ghaziabad after he allegedly intruded into the high-security Hindon air base, police said on Friday.

On Thursday night, around 2 am, the person was noticed by security personnel while he was trying to trespass into the premises of the critical Indian air force installation, they said.

Sonu, a resident of Loni area here, was caught by a personnel, but he thrashed the personnel before disappearing into the dense jungle inside the air base, the police said.

An alarm was then raised and the local police was informed and after combing operation the trespasser was nabbed, the police said.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Asheesh Srivastav said two days ago the Delhi Police had arrested a couple of Jaish-e-Mohammed terror suspects.

Senior officials of defence and civil staff reached the IAF base and took stock of the security situation.

Senior Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Singh told reporters the intruder "seems to be mentally retarded".

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