British-era tunnel connecting Delhi Legislative Assembly to Red Fort found | See pictures

A tunnel connecting the Delhi Legislative Assembly to Red Fort was discovered on Thursday. Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said, "...we have got the mouth of the tunnel but we are not digging it further."

A secret tunnel connecting the Delhi Legislative Assembly to Red Fort was found at the assembly on Thursday. According to reports, the tunnel was used by Britishers to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters. We have managed to identify its mouth (origin) but won't dig any further...Soon we will refurbish it and make it available for the public. Hoping the renovation work to be done by August 15 next year: Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel pic.twitter.com/4PctM4WW8V "When I became an MLA in 1993, there was hearsay about a tunnel present here that goes till Red Fort and I tried to search for its history. But there was no clarity over it," Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.