Man falls and lands in front of "Lion King" at Delhi Zoo
New Delhi, Oct 17: A man entered into the enclosure of a lion at the National Zoological Park or Delhi Zoo after climbing its metal grille on Thursday.
In a video, a man was seen landing right in front of a lion in Delhi Zoo.
It was a situation of turmoil as the nation has earlier witnessed a man vs wild conflict where a 22-year-old youth Maqsood, who fell into the enclosure in Delhi Zoo and was killed by a male tiger in 2014.
Instances
like
these
in
the
past
have
often
resulted
in
the
loss
of
life
of
the
human.
In
today's
incident,
another
man
fell
into
the
enclosure
of
a
lion
in
the
same
zoo.
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But luckily, the man was rescued by and he was brought out safely. Further probe into how and why he was inside the lion enclosure is underway.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Police (Southeast) said, "He's Rehan Khan, a 28-yr-old man from Bihar. He seems to be mentally unstable. He was immediately brought out without any injury."
After the man fell into the enclosure of the lion, the visitors in the vicinity shouted for help and some even tried to distract the lion away from the man.
The National Zoological Park (originally Delhi Zoo) is a 176-acre (71 ha) zoo near the Old Fort in Delhi, India. The zoo is home to about 1350 animals representing almost 130 species of animals and birds from around the world.
#WATCH Delhi: A man entered into enclosure of a lion at Delhi Zoo after climbing its metal grille. He was later brought out safely. DCP(Southeast)says "He's Rehan Khan, a 28-yr-old man from Bihar. He seems to be mentally unstable.He was immediately brought out without any injury" pic.twitter.com/t5n6bfPx7p
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2019
On
23
September
2014,
a
man
named
Maqsood
fell
in
white
tiger's
moat
accidentally.
The
people
around
started
throwing
stones
at
the
tiger.
The
man
was
then
carried
away
and
mauled
by
the
enraged
tiger
after
some
minutes.
The
man
later
succumbed
to
his
injuries.
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The incident, which took place between 12.30 pm and 1 pm, then created a sensation and word soon spread across the nation and worldwide, with pictures and video of the tiger one of the zoo's star attractions, dragging the youth going viral.