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Yes Theft Cases Are On Rise at Delhi’s Highly Secured IGI Airport:Govt Admits In RS

[New Delhi]Yes Theft Cases Are On Rise at Delhi’s Highly Secured IGI Airport:Govt Admits In RS
67 Theft cases Registered During Last Year at Delhi’s Highly Secured IGI Airport Which is four time higher compared to 2013
The number of theft cases reported at the Indira Gandhi International Airport rose to 67 last year compared to only 14 in 2013, the government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said that 67 theft cases were reported at the IGI Airport in 2014 compared to 14 in 2013.
In 2012, Only 24 theft cases were reported at the airport while in the first three months of this year, their number stood at 19, the minister said.
While the number of theft cases reported at the IGI Airport had declined in 2013, it reported an increase in the subsequent year. Further, during the initial five months of 2014, only 18 cases were reported at this airport.
He was responding to a question on whether it is a fact that instances of baggage theft at the IGI Airport are increasing.
According to the minister, various measures, including sharing list of suspects with all concerned agencies, are done to prevent thefts at airports.
Ground handling staff are frisked while leaving airport, and they are banned from using cell phone in the air side.
Minister said that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) help desk counters, among others, have been set up at the airports for receipt of complaint of thefts from the passengers,