Bangalore: The city police on Sunday constituted
five special teams to investigate the placing of a country-
made bomb on the cargo deck of Bangalore-Thiruvananthapuram
Kingfisher flight, which the authorities managed to detect and
defuse.
"We have formed five special teams to probe the incident
and one team will be sent to Thiruvananthapuram," Deputy
Commissioner of police (North-East Division) Basavaraj
Malagatti said.
Malagatti said police were probing whether the ball-
shaped bomb, wrapped in a newspaper, found its way into the
aircraft at Thiruvananthapuram as the flight reached here last
evening from there.
Sources said an initial examination showed the presence of gun powder. Police said the exact chemical composition would be known after analysis by forensic experts.
The flight left for Thiruvananthapuram from here at 6.25
AM on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the police were questioning the ground staff
and loading staff of the Airline and scanning through video
footage of loading section for clues.
Police have been baffled at the major security lapse at
the Bengaluru International Airport, which is guarded by CISF.
The incident occurred when central agencies have been
constantly putting this IT hub on terror alert.
The screening of baggage and cargo materials was the
responsibility of the respective Airlines, security officials
at the airport here, who described the incident as a "major
security lapse", said.
Kingfisher Airlines said in a statement soon after the
incident that all the 27 passengers in the flight were safe.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 22:40