A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan who tried to open fire on an airport official driving by in a jeep near gate no. 8 of the NSC airport was overpowered by police and CRPF personnel on Thursday.
Airport sources said the CISF jawan, Bishnu Kumar, who was drunk and reportedly aggrieved over non-sanction of his leave application, suddenly snatched up his SLR and tried to shoot the airport official around 8 pm.
A police officer and three CRPF jawans manning gate no. 8 of the N S C Bose international airport immediately pounced on Kumar leading to a scuffle before he could be disarmed, the sources said.
The shouts of the CISF jawan attracted his comrades in the barraks nearby who rushed to the scene as also local people. With the crowd swelling and tension mounting, the jawan was taken under guard to one of the barracks for questioning as high security and airport officials arrived.
The sources said Kumar was angry because his application for leave to visit home as his father had died and his mother was seriously ill had not been sanctioned. Kumar was later detained, the sources said.
He was among 550-odd CISF personnel undergoing anti-hijacking training prior to their deployment at the airport from November 17.
Earlier in February this year, two Calcutta police personnel were shot dead and three others injured when a CRPF jawan on duty at the international wing of the airport opened fire.
Bureau Report