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MUMBAI, India — Staff security checks at the Gandhi Museum before President Barack Obama’s visit — check.
But the coconut palm trees too?
A few days before Obama’s visit Saturday, U.S. and Indian security officials visited the small two-story building and ordered the removal of ripe coconuts from the trees to prevent any accidental bonking.
“People do get hurt, or even killed, from falling coconuts,” said Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, executive secretary of the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum. “We had the ripe coconuts removed and some dried branches as well. Why take a chance?”
