Jet suspends London terror plot suspect

New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) Jet Airways today said it has suspended Asmin Tariq who is one of the 24 terror suspects arrested in London for smuggling explosives into London's Heathrow airport.

Tariq, holder of a British passport, was transferred to Jet in March from G4S (earlier called Securicor) after the airline ended its contract with the agency for passenger service representatives.

Under British employment legislation, TUPEE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations) was applicable which meant that Jet had to take on those employees who had been employed by G4S prior to the airline bringing the contract in-house in respect of passenger service representatives.

G4S is a reputable Agency which provides services to British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and SAS among others.

All G4S employees, including those transferred to Jet, had been cleared by the British government security agency named Disclosures Scotland to work at the airport, the airline said.

Typically, it can take up to 12 weeks for an individual to obtain security clearance to work in Heathrow following references and referees from five different sources.

''Tariq is being suspended pending a full investigation, having not reported for duty for the past couple of days,'' Jet said in a statement.

British officials said earlier this week they had foiled a plot to use chemical bombs to bring down as many as 10 airliners flying from Britain to the United States.

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