A boy, not even in his teens, who cut through the security cordon and tried to hand over a garland to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow here in Karnataka on Thursday, was whisked away from the spot and is being questioned by police.According to police officers and footage from the live video streaming of the event, the boy, who was seen rushing towards Modi’s motorcade with a garland in hand, reached very close to the Prime Minister.

Modi extended his hand to accept the garland from above the car door but could not reach the boy.

The Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel got hold of the garland before the police secured the boy and removed him from the scene.

The SPG passed on the boy’s garland to the Prime Minister who put it inside his vehicle. The incident happened during a roadshow by the Prime Minister as he was reaching the venue to inaugurate the 26th National Youth Festival here.

The boy breaks the security cordon and tries to hand a garland to Modi, who has his hand outstretched. PTI

Modi was standing on the “running board” of his moving car and waving at the crowd that had gathered in large numbers as he headed to the Railway Sports Ground from the airport. Senior police officers told PTI that the boy was being questioned.

Hubli-Dharwad police commissioner Raman Gupta said the incident cannot be called a security breach as everyone who was allowed to wave at the Prime Minister and greet him from both sides of the road had been frisked and checked.

“Even the garlands were thoroughly inspected,” Gupta said.