HYDERABAD: Tiruvannamalai city police of Tamil Nadu detained two youths from Hyderabad, considered one of them sporting an AI‑micro digicam‑fitted pair of spectacles, after he was discovered capturing pictures of the sanctum contained in the Arunachaleswarar Temple.
The 2 have been taken into custody for questioning by anti‑sabotage groups at Tiruvannamalai headquarters. Temple safety and devotees caught them on August 7, when safety was tightened in view of Union house minister Amit Shah’s go to to the temple city.
The detainees recognized themselves as G. Mounish, 27, a software program skilled, and his buddy Magesh, 39. The spectacles have been seized from Mounish’s possession. “We have been knowledgeable by temple safety officers that two individuals have been caught whereas ready in line to supply prayers after a safety officer noticed a lightweight flashing from the body of the glasses. We rushed to the temple and detained them as a precautionary measure for questioning,” a police officer from Tamil Nadu mentioned on Sunday.
“We grew suspicious as one of many individuals was sporting a spy gadget regardless of clear signages warning devotees in opposition to taking pictures and movies contained in the temple,” a neighborhood police officer mentioned.
Police recorded the grievance of the temple in‑cost and detained each males on the Tiruvannamalai city police station. On Sunday, Particular Department anti‑sabotage groups from Chennai took them for questioning. Officers refused to reveal the motive, saying it’d have an effect on the investigation.
A pair of ‘spy’ spectacles, two cellphones and different belongings have been seized. Throughout questioning. Telangana police mentioned they’d not but been intimated by Tamil Nadu police.
