India removes 'coconut threat' to Obama

MUMBAI (AFP) - The municipal authorities in Mumbai have removed coconuts from trees around the citys Gandhi museum in case any of them fall on US President Barack Obama when he visits, an official said Wednesday. The coconuts were falling off, so we requested the local authorities here to remove the remainder, the executive secretary of Mani Bhavan, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told AFP. Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his visits to the city between 1917 and 1934, is in south Mumbai on Laburnum Grove, which is lined with coconut trees. Ajgaonkar said the precaution was taken as local and US officials undertook security sweeps of the museum and library before Obamas visit on Saturday.

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