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Driver From Biden's Cavalcade Goes To Pick Customer During Duty, Released After Questioning

the driver, supposed to be the part of Biden’s convoy, was asked by his regular customer on Saturday morning to go to Hotel Taj Mansingh after which he was arrested and was later released

A driver from US President Joe Biden’s cavalcade was detained by the police over a security lapse and was later released after questioning. The driver, hired for Biden’s cavalcade, was found to be carrying a private passenger to Taj Mansingh Hotel. As per the sources, the driver of the Ertiga car, supposed to be the part of Biden’s convoy, was asked by his regular customer on Saturday morning to go to Hotel Taj Mansingh. The customer asked him to pick up from Lodhi Estate and drop at the Hotel when he was caught by the personnel of security staff. 

The driver and the customer were detained and were later released after questioning. The car was also removed from the convoy. 

On Sunday, Biden left for Vietnam after he and several other G20 leaders paid homage at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat earlier in the morning. 

On his first visit to India as the US President, Biden arrived in the national capital on Friday to attend the two-day G20 summit and held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the same day.

During their over 50 minutes of talks, both the leaders of the nations  vowed to "deepen and diversify" the bilateral major defence partnership while welcoming forward movement in India's procurement of 31 drones and joint development of jet engines.

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Biden also participated in key sessions of the G20 on Saturday. 

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, marking a significant milestone in global infrastructure development. 

Biden hailed the initiative as a "real big deal" during the G20 Summit centred around the theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future."

The US President emphasised the commitment made last year by nations to this vision and outlined key strategies to realise it. He underscored the importance of "economic corridors" as a driving force behind infrastructure development, especially in low and middle-income countries. 

The United States, in collaboration with its partners, is gearing up to invest significantly in these corridors, he affirmed.

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