Mysuru:, DHNS: He stopped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy at Kautilya Circle near Crawford Hall here for 20 seconds on Saturday. The 19-year-old Vinay, a diploma student, did so to draw the attention of Modi towards his ‘Green India’ concept.

Son of Kishore, an electrician, and Sunitha, residents of Varakodu on Mysuru-T Narsipur Road, Vinay had readied 25-page draft on his pet project Green India. He wanted to sell his idea to the prime minister. Vinay came down to the city from Kushalnagar, where he is pursuing his diploma course, a couple of days back after he learned that Modi is visiting the city.

On Saturday, he wanted to submit the draft to the prime minister at the ground opposite the Maharaja’s?College, where the latter was attending the Centenary celebration of the late pontiff of Suttur Mutt Shivaratri Rajendra Swami. However, he could not breach the foolproof security.

Vinay was in no mood to let such an opportunity go waste. He went to Kautilya Circle nearby and made his way to headlines, of course, for all the wrong reasons.

According to eyewitnesses, at 7:35 pm, he (Vinay) came in front of the prime minister’s convoy, stopping it for 20 seconds. The Special Protection Group (SPG), sent the boy aside and cleared the way.

No criminal past
DCP (Law and Order) Dr H?T?Shekar told Deccan?Herald, “Vinay has a clean past with no criminal antecedent. He just took a chance to meet the prime minister. However, he is still being interrogated, as a precautionary measure.”

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