New Delhi, October 17, 2019: A 21-year-old man entered a lion’s enclosure in Delhi zoo on October 17 but was rescued by the authorities in time, police said.
Joint Commissioner of Police Devesh Chandra Srivastava told IANS: “Rehan Khan is a resident of Bihar and came to Delhi to visit the city.”
Khan entered the enclosure of a lion at the Delhi zoo but was rescued by the zoo authorities unhurt, he said.
The incident had led to pandemonium in the zoo.
In 2014, a white tiger named Vijay had attacked and killed a man who jumped over a barricade into an enclosure at the Delhi zoo.
The deceased was identified as Maqsood, a factory worker and resident of central Delhi’s Anand Parbat. His parents had said that the 19-year-old was mentally ill.
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