Two intrusions into IGI in a day, CISF orders probe

In two instances of security breach within a day, an elderly man and a youth intruded into the high-profile Indira Gandhi International airport here, prompting the security authorities to order a probe.

New Delhi: In two instances of security
breach within a day, an elderly man and a youth intruded into
the high-profile Indira Gandhi International airport here,
prompting the security authorities to order a probe.

Both 65-year-old Fazr Mohammed and 28-year-old Uday Raj
Chauhan told the police that they wanted to fly to Gulf
countries to earn a livelihood.

Mohammed climbed the wall from the side of emergency gate
five to enter the airport at around 10 pm last night, but was
detained by CISF personnel, a senior police official said. He
was later handed over to police.

During his questioning, he told the police that he wanted
to go to Saudi Arabia but did not have the money.

Chauhan, who also claimed he wanted to go to Dubai to
earn his livelihood, was arrested after he illegally entered
the domestic terminal of the IGI and reached the apron area to
board an Air India aircraft at around 4 am yesterday.

A resident of Uttar Pradesh`s Hardoi district, Chauhan
had climbed up a tree and jumped inside the technical area of
the domestic terminal.

He then moved to the apron area and was trying to get
inside one of the Air India aircraft when he was nabbed by the
security staff. Chauhan was also handed over to police.

Meanwhile, CISF, which is in-charge of IGI security, has
ordered an inquiry into the matter.

CISF spokesperson Rohit Katiyar said the probe panel will
look into the incidents of intrusions and submit
recommendations on how to check such incidents.

"They will submit the report soon."

Last month, a man in an inebriated condition had sneaked
into the airport and slept on the runway. The Air Traffic
Control (ATC) radar had detected him sleeping on the runway
when an aircraft was about to land.

A tragedy was averted when the ATC directed the pilot not
to land.

Arun Rai, 33, was then apprehended and was handed over
to Delhi Police for interrogation.

According to CISF officials, Rai, who was allegedly in an
inebriated condition at the time of the incident, had managed
to jump over the periphery wall from Samalakha side of the
airport, where a huge mound of earth has accumulated due to
construction work of a drain nearby.

PTI

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