New Delhi: A man jumped inside the enclosure of a lion in the Delhi zoo on Thursday, but escaped unhurt as the alert zoo staff acted quickly and tranquillised the animal.
The incident happened around 12:30 pm. The situation is under control now, Zoo sources said.
Rehan Khan, a native of Bihar's Champaran district, was in an inebriated state, they said. The zoo staff caught him and handed over to the police, the sources said.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> 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" <a href="https://t.co/t5n6bfPx7p">pic.twitter.com/t5n6bfPx7p</a>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1184758748805509121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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