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Tag: Indira Gandhi International Airport

Catch Of 10 Kg Smuggled Gold Bust Syndicate @ Rs 2 k Crores

[New Delhi]Catch Of 10 Kg Smuggled Gold Bust Racket Worth Rs 2 k Crores
DRI today claims to have Busted Gold Smuggling Racket @ Rs 2,000 crore
A major gold smuggling racket that illegally brought around 7,000 kilograms of gold worth over Rs 2,000 crore from Myanmar to India in past over two years has been busted by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
The syndicate was smuggling the gold through Indo-Myanmar land border and then bringing it to Delhi and other locations in domestic flights by declaring the yellow metal as valuable cargo, .
As per the DRI in a press release ,officers of Delhi zonal unit of the agency seized 10 kg of gold at the domestic cargo terminal of Indira Gandhi International airport recently. The seized gold bars of 24 carat purity were admittedly smuggled into India from Myanmar and brought to Delhi from Guwahati by a domestic flight,But name of the domestic flight has not been disclosed
Market value of the 10 kg of seized gold is Rs 3.1 crore.
Two accused–a Guwahati-based businessman and his Delhi-based aide–have been arrested by the DRI and sent to judicial custody. They had brought gold to Delhi from Guwahati on 617 occasions by declaring it as the valuable cargo in domestic flights,
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Jet Airways [5]Planes Receive Bomb Threats:Panic Grips IGI Airport Also

[New Delhi,India] Five Jet Airways Planes Receive Bomb Threats:Panic Grips IGI Airport Also After Brussels.Jet airways Has Code Sharing With Middle East Airline Etihad
Panic gripped passengers at the Indira Gandhi international airport today after the Jet Airways call centre received threats about bombs in five of its aircraft from Delhi, hours after blasts ripped through Brussels airport killing 26
While three of the planes had already departed by the time the anonymous call about the bomb threats was received, the fourth aircraft, which was bound for Chennai, was diverted to Nagpur,
Another plane, also bound for Chennai which was preparing for take off, was grounded and is undergoing checks by the security agencies,
Jet Airways said.”Jet Airways has received a security alert for five flights from Delhi. All flights are on ground and are being checked by security agencies at the respective airports,” the airline said in a tweet
Sources said the three planes, which received bomb threats, had already flown to their respective destinations — Gorakhpur, Chandigarh and Dehradun.
Earlier in the day, 26 people were killed and many injured, including two crew members of Jet Airways, in explosions at Brussels international airport

CISF Inspector Deployed At Delhi Airport Shoots Himself With Service Weapon

[New Delhi] CISF Official Deployed At Delhi Airport Shoots Himself
A CISF official deployed in the Delhi airport security wing allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service weapon
This incident occurred late yesterday when Assistant Sub Inspector Raj Singh (58) got issued his service weapon at the Central Industrial Security Force camp in Bijwasan area around 8:00 PM.
As Per Sources instead Of going to his night shift duty at the Indira Gandhi International Airport he took the weapon and allegedly shot himself inside the camp area.
Singh suffered three bullet injuries
Soon after the incident, senior CISF and Delhi police officials reached the spot for investigations.
Singh had joined the paramilitary in 1980,

Bomb Scare,Today,Forced 40 Minutes Emergency At Delhi Airports

[New Delhi] Bomb Scare Today Disrupted International Flights.40 Minutes Emergency was declared
3 International flights disrupted after hoax bomb call in Delhi.Emergency was declared at 2 am which was ,after through search,called off at 2.40 am
Two international flights were called back while one which was preparing for departure from the Indira Gandhi International Airport was taken to an isolation bay due to a bomb scare early today
At 01.30 AM a threat call was received at the Delhi Airport’s call centre in Gurgaon.
The caller claimed that there were bombs on three international flights
[1] 9W078 of Jet Airways to Hong Kong,
[2]CX694 of Cathay Pacific also bound for Hong Kong and
[3]LX147 of Swiss Air to Zurich As per authorities this later turned out to be hoax,
However, by that time, Jet Airways and Cathay Pacific flights had already left while Swiss flight was preparing for departure.
As per sources ,The Bomb Threat Assessment Committee declared threat as specific at 2 am. Both the Jet Airways and Cathay flights were called back and taken to isolation bay after landing under emergency conditions. Swiss Air flight which was on-ground was also sent to isolation bay,
A thorough search of the aircraft, passengers and their baggage was carried out by the security agencies and later all the three flights were cleared for take-off by them,, adding that emergency was called off at 2:40 AM.
Sources said that some Air India flights from Delhi airport were also delayed due to bomb threat call last evening.

 

Oh No! Air India Flew Dr Manmohan Singh Without Retracting Wheels:Ex PM Safe

[New Delhi]National Carrier Air India Flew Ex PM Without Retracting Wheels :Dr Manmohan Singh Is Safe
An Air India aircraft, carrying former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh along with other passengers, flew from Amritsar to Delhi with one of its landing gears not retracting. After take-off from Amritsar, the pilot noticed a gear disagree message of left landing gear,” Air India said in a statement.
The airline, however, said there was no harm to any passenger and that operations procedure as per checklist was followed by the crew before the take-off
The incident happened on July 12 when the flight, a Boeing 787-800 (Dreamliner) plane, was flying to Delhi from Amritsar.
Air India said that the flight landed safely at the Indira Gandhi International Airport
Air India reiterated that it strictly adheres to standard, laid down safety procedures and all actions were well within approved parameters.,the statement added.

One Cabin Crew Smuggling Gold And Another Charged For Molesting Female Counterpart

[New Delhi,Mumbai]One Cabin Crew Smuggling Gold And Another Charged For Molesting Female Counterpart Cabin Crew Members Of Air India Are Earning Bad Name For National Carrier
After Arrest Of One Crew Member In jeddah For Gold Smuggling Now Another Crew Member Is Charged For Molesting His Female Counterpart
A woman cabin crew member of Air India was allegedly molested by one of her male counterparts during her stay at a hotel in Mumbai,
Indira Gandhi International[ IGI] Airport police here has registered a ‘Zero’ FIR under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC in the May 25 incident and forwarded it to the Mumbai Police for further action.
As per Police Version ,The victim was molested by the male crew member when the two were staying at a hotel in Mumbai,
The air hostess approached police on landing in Delhi. An FIR was filed in the case and forwarded to Andheri police station in Mumbai for further probe,
Zero FIR is an FIR that can be filed in any police station irrespective of the place of incident and the same can be later transferred to the appropriate police station
Earlier National carrier Air India has rushed its DGCA nodal officer to Jeddah to get first hand information on one of its cabin crew members, who is under detention at Jeddah Airport since June 4, on charges of gold smuggling.

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,

SA Woman Failed To Dodge CISF And Caught Red Handed With Narcotics@24 Lakhs

[New Delhi]SA woman Failed To Dodge CISF And Caught Red Handed With Narcotics @24 Lakhs
South African National held at IGI Air port with drugs worth Rs 24 lakh
A 31-year-old South African woman was today held at the international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle out Rs 24 lakh worth narcotic drugs.
The incident occurred last night around 11.40 PM at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) when a CISF team spotted the woman exhibiting suspicious behaviour when she arrived at the airport terminal.
The woman, identified as Rachael Zulu, was about to board a flight to Johanesburg when she was intercepted.
Interestingly, Dy Commandant Of CISFHemendra Singh said, the woman was possessing two tickets– one for domestic flight to Mumbai and the other for Johanesburg via Abu Dhabi.
“Zulu showed the Mumbai ticket to gain entry into the terminal as she wanted to evade Customs and other intelligence agencies inside the airport. She planned to cross over to the international departure from inside the domestic flying area but was caught.
“She was chosen for a detailed inspection by security officials and when her baggage was scanned, 9 packets containing over 23.6 kilograms of narcotics were found,”