Passenger give anxious moments to security staff at airport

Chennai, Aug 15 (UNI) A Maldives-bound air passenger gave some anxious moments to the security officials as he ran into the Anna International terminal urgently to catch the Colombo-bound Sri Lankan airlines flight last night.

According to police, Ahamed Bhutto hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, residing in Gopalapuram in Chennai, and running a handicrafts shop went to catch the Colombo flight, en route Maldives. After parking his car, he told the person manning the parking space that he would come and pick up his car after a couple of days.

The carpark attendant who charged a parking fee of Rs 500, asked him to pay the amount. As Bhutto did not have sufficent Indian currency to pay, he handed over five Euro currencies to the man, who refused to accept the foreign currency. In the melee, the passenger hurriedly ran into the terminal and left for Colombo by the Sri Lankan Airlines flight.

The attendant informed the matter to the airport authorities, who alerted the police. The police rushed to the spot along with bomb squad personnel and conducted a through search of the car but found nothing unusual.

Based on the car's registration number, they contacted the family members of the air passenger. After confirming the bonafides of Bhutto, police heaved a sigh of relief and allowed the car to remain in the parking space.

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