Bengaluru: Drone camera meant for vigil crashed during New Year celebrations
Bengaluru, Jan 1: In the wake of the recent blast on Church Street, the Bengaluru Police on New Year's eve deployed high tech gadgets to keep a strict vigil on the revelers who would usher the new year.
Police officials used aerial drone cameras during the New Year celebrations. However a news channel reported that the drone camera used for the security purpose crashed shortly after it was put to use.
NEWS9:
Drone
camera
being
used
for
surveillance
by
Bengaluru
police
crashed
in
Brigade
road
—
NEWS9
(@NEWS9TWEETS)
December
31,
2014
No details were available about the drone crash.
DCP Central (Bengaluru) had earlier tweeted the images of the drone cameras saying that the police was prepared to handle any untoward incident during the celebrations.
For
1st
time
Drone
Areal
Cameras
being
used
for
new
yr.Remote
controlled
.Go
upto
50
mts
pic.twitter.com/qud16IdKOo
—
DCP
Central
Sandeep
(@dcpcentralbcp)
December
30,
2014
Meanwhile, inspite of a recent bomb blast Bengaluru ushered the New Year amidst tight security. The recent bomb blast had put the city on high alert.
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