Two foreign tourists
taking a joyride on a hot air balloon landed in Ajmer jail, albeit
mistakenly, on Tuesday, leaving prison officials in a tizzy. The two
sisters from West Indies had set sail along with an operator from
Pushkar, who lost control of the balloon due to strong winds, which
carried the three towards the neighboring Ajmer jail.
The balloon
landed on the jail premises just when the roll call of inmates had
finished, taking authorities by surprise. The tourists, both journalists
on a tour of the ongoing Pushkar Fair, and the operator landed on the
football field inside the jail and were detained by the authorities for
interrogation.
They told jail officials that they wanted to take
pictures of the fair from above, which is why they had chosen to take
the ride. Both women are in their early 20s.
Officials said that
they were alarmed as the incident amounted to a security lapse. A probe
has been ordered and licenses to operate the hot air balloons, a big
draw at the fair, have been suspended.
Sub inspector, Civil Lines
police station, Hanuman Vishnoi said, “When the operator saw that they
were sailing over the Anasagar Lake, he got alarmed and tried to control
the movement of the balloon. The nearest landing was the police lines
and even though he steered towards it, the strong winds made the balloon
travel further up to Ajmer jail.”
Officials said that a total of
three hot air balloons had lost control on Tuesday and gone astray. The
other two were recovered near Vaishali Nagar and Topdara areas in
Ajmer, 20 km away from Pushkar.
- Source: http://indianexpress.com
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