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Security beefed up at Bagdogra Airport after duo carrying explosive like substance arrested
A sniffer dog was pressed into service following which there were indications of the substance likely being explosive in nature.
Darjeeling, September 22: Within 24 hours of the bomb scare at the Delhi and Mangaluru Airports, security at Bagdogra Airport in North Bengal was beefed up after two passengers were apprehended with explosive like substances kept in their baggage.
Bagdogra is an International Airport. Located 9km from Siliguri, the airport operates from a civil enclave located in the Bagdogra Air Force Station.
The
Airbase
is
responsible
for
combat
air
operations
over
North
Bengal
and
Sikkim.
The
base
also
caters
to
all
military
air
traffic
for
the
Indian
Army's
33
Corps
based
in
Sukna.
The
duo
were
to
board
an
Indigo
flight
to
Kolkata
on
Friday
afternoon.
During
baggage
check,
the
Central
Industrial
Security
Force
personnel,
in
charge
of
security
at
the
airport
noticed
white
substances
in
medicine
vials,
in
their
baggage.
A sniffer dog was pressed into service following which there were indications of the substance likely being explosive in nature.
Abhay Prasad and Anup Singh, both residents of Bihar were apprehended. The Bagdogra police station was intimated. The duo was then handed over to the police.
"They claim to be residents of Patna, Bihar. They have further claimed that they work in a pharmaceutical company (manufacturing unit) in Gurugram, Haryana. We are cross-checking and verifying their claims. The two have been arrested and the ampoules seized. We will send the samples to the forensic labs for test. We have also sought the help of the CID" stated a police official.
The duo were interrogated by different security agencies.
Incidentally, six dummy Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were discovered at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi and the Mangalore airport. Five of these fake IEDs were detected during scanning of cargo shipments at Delhi airport on Thursday.
A suspected IED was detected at Mangaluru airport recently which later turned out to be a self-made power bank.
OneIndia News
