Agra, April 28 -- An outsourced staff member engaged in cleaning work at the Taj Mahal climbed one of the four minarets of the monument and shot a video of the Taj Mahal and posted it on social media.

Taking note of the video, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has removed the man and issued a warning note to the vendor. The video has been taken down from social media sites.

"We probed the origin of the video and it was found that a contractual worker, identified as Vishal, climbed the minaret for cleaning work and on reaching the top filmed a video about a week ago and posted it on social media," an ASI official said.

Kalandar Vij, senior conservation assistant, ASI, at Taj Mahal, informed that cognisance was taken of the video ...