Mumbai: Sahar police officials booked Ravindra B Desai, Superintendent of Customs (Surat), for carrying a pistol into the check-in area of level 4 (departures) at Terminal 2 (T2) of the international airport.
Desai was initially apprehended by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials, and was later handed over to the police.
The incident occurred around 1.15 pm after an on-duty CISF officer spotted him concealing something suspicious outside the washroom on the west side of the check-in area.
The officer immediately intercepted Desai and asked for identification. It turned out that he was Superintendent of Customs (Surat), and had a pistol on him. The officials discovered that Desai had entered the terminal using a valid Airport Entry Pass (AEP) issued by the Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL).
“He explained that his purpose of visit was to see off his friends, who were leaving for Dubai by a Jet Airways flight (9W538),” said a CISF official. “The officer who intercepted Desai informed his seniors, and the firearm was taken into custody. Though he claimed to have visited Terminal 2 to see off his friends, he was walking alone around the check-in area,” the official added.
05/02/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
Desai was initially apprehended by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials, and was later handed over to the police.
The incident occurred around 1.15 pm after an on-duty CISF officer spotted him concealing something suspicious outside the washroom on the west side of the check-in area.
The officer immediately intercepted Desai and asked for identification. It turned out that he was Superintendent of Customs (Surat), and had a pistol on him. The officials discovered that Desai had entered the terminal using a valid Airport Entry Pass (AEP) issued by the Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL).
“He explained that his purpose of visit was to see off his friends, who were leaving for Dubai by a Jet Airways flight (9W538),” said a CISF official. “The officer who intercepted Desai informed his seniors, and the firearm was taken into custody. Though he claimed to have visited Terminal 2 to see off his friends, he was walking alone around the check-in area,” the official added.
05/02/15 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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