HT Correspondent
ITANAGAR, Sept 24: The Arunachal Pradesh Police has issued a detailed clarification regarding an incident that occurred during the Prime Minister’s programme on September 22, 2025, assuring the public that there was no security breach and that the situation was swiftly contained.
According to the police statement, the matter was treated with utmost seriousness, with Home Minister Mama Natung convening an emergency meeting of senior police authorities on September 23 to review the entire episode.
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Home Advisor Mutchu Mithi also attended the meeting, during which the police department was directed to conduct an impartial and detailed inquiry at the earliest.
Outlining the sequence of events, the police reported that at around 12:06 pm, a youth suddenly jumped from the general public enclosure and ran towards the media platform through the central aisle.
When intercepted by police personnel, he pushed a lady inspector and climbed onto the media platform, where he displayed a piece of cloth bearing the slogan “Stop Hunger Strike, Give Ladakh Their Rights.”
Security staff immediately overpowered him and whisked him away. He was restrained before he could reach the Protective ‘D’ security zone.
CCTV examination later identified the youth as 18-year-old Higio Obi, a first-year BA History student of Dera Natung College.
He hails from Techipu village in Kra Dadi district and currently resides in Nikum Colony, Doimukh.
The police revealed that he had entered the enclosure through Gate No. 6 DFMD at 7:00 am after undergoing frisking and routine checks.
The piece of cloth he displayed had been concealed inside his undergarments to evade detection.
During interrogation, Obi disclosed that he was an admirer of Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk and had intended to highlight the latter’s hunger strike demanding Sixth Schedule status for Leh and Ladakh.
He insisted that his act was self-motivated and that he had no organisational backing or local links in Arunachal Pradesh.
Police analysis of his mobile phone, bank accounts and call records found no evidence of funding or connections to any disruptive groups.
A case under relevant sections of law has been registered against him for causing disruption of public order, trespassing into a prohibited area, deterring a public servant from duty by assaulting an officer, and resisting lawful police intervention.
His mobile phone has been seized for further analysis, while a senior IPS officer has been tasked with conducting an independent inquiry.
The police strongly emphasised that full-proof security arrangements had been put in place across the venue, including the helipad, Raj Bhawan and the entire route.
At no stage, they clarified, was the Prime Minister or the protective ‘D’ security cordon under threat.
The police reiterated that there was no breach of the “D” box, the green room, restricted zones, proximity ring, motorcade or any other layer of VVIP security.
Authorities described the incident as an attempted disruption by an unruly individual during the Prime Minister’s speech, which was swiftly contained by security personnel within seconds.
They stressed that the issue raised by the youth bore no relevance to local concerns in Arunachal Pradesh and confirmed that his actions were the result of personal conviction rather than any larger conspiracy. “All through the incident, the situation remained fully under control and no serious disruption was caused,” the police statement concluded, underlining that VVIP security had never been compromised at any point.
