Two Bangladeshis held for using drone in Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial area

Two Bangladeshis have been arrested for allegedly using a drone to capture photographs of the Victoria Memorial Hall here and its surrounding areas without any permission from the authorities concerned, police said on Friday. The two persons, identified as residents of Rajshahi in the neighbouring country, have been apprehended in the Victoria Memorial Hall compound on Wednesday after the Central Industrial Security Force, which takes care of the museum's security, lodged a complaint at the Hastings Police Station in this connection, he said. Read Also | Another case against bodybuilder Bobby Kataria, this time for drinking on middle of road “The accused were using the drone fitted with cameras from the Victoria Memorial’s north gate. The Victoria Memorial Hall, a magnificent makrana marble edifice built between 1906-1921 by Lord Curzon in memory of Queen Victoria, is a museum under the Union Ministry of Culture.