On this, Air India was immediately asked to reconcile the baggage on the said flight, but the crew confirmed that no unattended baggage was onboard
Two Kashmiri men and a woman from an airline ground staff were held at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) for allegedly transporting unnamed luggage illegally by an Air India flight from Delhi to Srinagar on Sunday morning. While the CISF is trying to find out what items were being transported, the Delhi Police is looking into the role of the arrested trio. The luggage, that arrived Srinagar, has remained unattended, officials confirmed.
According to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), it was around 9:30 am, when a CISF surveillance staff noticed two passengers, who were being cordoned out of the terminal building by Air India staff, and were without any luggage. On checking, it was found that the men had a fake ticket of Air India flight AI-825, Delhi to Srinagar.
"It was revealed that the two men, Bashir Ahmad and Mudassir Ahmad Ganaie, both residents of Pulwama, were carrying a large number of bags at the time of check-in. When inquired about the luggage, they revealed that they had checked in their baggage with connivance of an Air India SATS loader Assistant Nandita Singh, and that a boarding pass was not issued to them," said Hemendra Singh, AIG CISF.
On this, Air India was immediately asked to reconcile the baggage on the said flight, but the crew confirmed that no unattended baggage was onboard. "When Nandita Singh was questioned, it was learnt that all ten bags, which the two men had carried inside the airport, were booked in the name of one Ali Muzaffar, a randomly selected passenger, who was also travelling on the same flight," Singh said, adding that both the passengers along with the lady staff of AI-SATS, who connived with them, were handed over to the Delhi Police for further action.
The CISF also informed their counterparts at the Srinagar airport about the luggage and Ali Muzaffar, whose activities were being closely watched. On finding nothing suspicious about him, he was allowed to exit the airport. "Since no one turned up to claim the luggage, it was taken into custody," the officer said.
The incident had sparked an alert at the IGIA as well as Srinagar airport, however, the officers said that since the bags were scanned thoroughly, there was nothing to worry.
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