The Tibetan spiritual leader stayed for three days in the district of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh to give his teachings organized by the Youth Buddhist Society (YBS). However, on the second day of his teaching, a huge lapse in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s security has been reported by several local Hindi news portals.
According to the Hindi report in Amar Ujala on Wednesday, Aparna Singh, Mulayam Singh’s daughter visited His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the teaching. When Aparna Singh visited the Tibetan spiritual leader on the platform, one guard of her arrived on stage with his weapon, i.e., his pistol, leaving the core line of the spiritual leader’s security and officials shocked!
Although security personals on the stage cleared armed Aparna Singh’s guard away from the platform of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a security alarm was raised by the incident. The guard had escaped multiple layers of security check posts deployed throughout the region where the teachings were taking place.
The responsibility of the security of the YBS center, the venue for the teaching was with the Mainpuri police station at Rajghat of Mainpuri, At the same time, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s security arrangement in the Hotel Royal Residency was handed over to the Farrukhabad police, located at Sukkisa, the place of his stay.
Following the incident, the local authorities deployed more security personals, especially around the platform of his teaching venue, the devotees attending the teaching were scanned in addition to the metal scanners installed. Mobile phones were also not allowing inside the teaching venue according to the report.