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Senior police = officials conceded=20 that the incident, which took place in full glare of the = media, was=20 a security lapse.

For quite some = time, the=20 City police were left dumbstruck. A Tibetan protester caused = a=20 security breach by climbing on the tower of the Indian = Institute of=20 Science (IISc) building in Bangalore and raised slogans = against the=20 Chinese occupation of Tibet, even as Chinese Premier Wen = Jiabao was=20 addressing the scientists on the ground floor on Sunday = afternoon.=20

The high drama began to unfold around 3 pm, after = the=20 Chinese Premier arrived at IISc along with a large = delegation. He=20 was addressing the scientists when it all started. =

Taking=20 the police and the IISc security personnel off guard, the = man=20 emerged from the tower of the main building waving a = =E2=80=98Tibetan flag=E2=80=99=20 and a red cloth banner carrying the words =E2=80=98Free = Tibet=E2=80=99, and threw=20 pamphlets down with the message =E2=80=98Let there be peace = in Tibet=E2=80=99=20 written on them.

When a scribe=20 asked the man to identify himself, he said he was Tenzin = Tsundue,=20 general secretary of the =E2=80=98Friends of Tibet=E2=80=99 = and then continued to=20 raise slogans in English and Hindi against China and = demanded=20 =E2=80=9Cliberation=E2=80=9D of Tibet. =E2=80=9CYou (China) = can never suppress the voice of=20 Tibet,=E2=80=9D he said.

The incident, which = happened in full glare=20 of the media, came as an embarrassment to the police. = Tsundue=20 crossed the balcony wall and stood on the edge, which is = over 100=20 feet above the ground, for nearly 15 minutes even as some = television=20 channels beamed his action live.

After a while, some = securitymen reached the tower, overpowered Tsundue and took = him into=20 custody.

Security lapse

Senior police = officials including IGP K V R Tagore and Additional = Commissioner of=20 Police (Law and Order) H C Kishore Chandra, who were present = there,=20 admitted that there was a security lapse. =

=E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s a security=20 lapse. There is no doubt about it,=E2=80=9D Mr Chandra said. = Asked whether=20 any action would be taken against the policemen for the = lapse, he=20 said =E2=80=9Cwait and watch=E2=80=9D.

Police = sources said the man must have=20 breached the security cover early on Sunday morning or=20 Saturday.

The internal security is maintained by the = IISc=20 security personnel. IISc Director Goverdhan Mehta said he = was yet to=20 get details of the incident.

Incidentally, this not = the=20 first time that Tsundue has =E2=80=98elevated=E2=80=99 = himself for the cause of a=20 free Tibet.

When Mr Wen=E2=80=99s predecessor Zhu = Rongji visited=20 Mumbai in January 2002, Tsundue climbed up to the 14th = storey of the=20 Oberoi hotel and unfurled his flag, even as the Chinese = delegation=20 watched from the windows. The Centre has termed as = =E2=80=9Cunfortunate=E2=80=9D the=20 protest by a Tibetan youth. =E2=80=9CThis is an unfortunate = incident. The=20 miscreant has been promptly apprehended,=E2=80=9D External = Affairs Ministry=20 spokesman Navtej Sarna said in Delhi. =

=E2=80=9CPremier Wen Jiabao is=20 an honoured guest of this country and all efforts are being = made to=20 ensure a complete success of his visit,=E2=80=9D Sarna said. = Meanwhile, the=20 State government has ordered a high-level enquiry into the = incident.=20

Taking a serious note of the incident, Chief = Minister N=20 Dharam Singh spoke to DGP S N Borkar and asked him to hold a = high-level probe, official sources said.

Speaking to = Deccan=20 Herald, Additional Commissioner Kishore Chandra said the = lapse on=20 the part of police officers was being investigated into. = =E2=80=9CSo far no=20 police officer has been suspended in connection with the = lapse. We=20 will conduct a detailed inquiry,=E2=80=9D he said.=20

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