Man with prosthesis asked to strip for check at IGIA

Mumbai: A 45-year-old finance professional with a multinational pharmaceutical company was allegedly asked to strip waist down in front of security personnel at Terminal 3 in Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on October 8. The executive, Rajesh Bhatia, a resident of Gurgaon, was headed to Thailand with his wife, two children — aged 12 and 9 — and his mother. He had faced a similar situation on October 31, 2012, in IGIA while he was on his way to Tokyo.
Bhatia reportedly requested CISF personnel to conduct an explosives trace detector (ETD), done with a handheld device, which does not require amputees to strip.
Initially, the CISF asked Bhatia to remove the prosthesis and put it in the baggage scanner. When Bhatia said he would not be able to fix it again, the personnel relented. Nevertheless, he was asked to strip waist down and the ETD was conducted. Bhatia claimed that he asked his wife to film the incident for proof of harassment.
Read news in full 19/10/13 Priyal Dave/Indian Express