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Thursday, 16 October 2014

Government sounds terror alarm at airports

New Delhi: Acting on intelligence inputs relating to plans being hatched by terrorist outfits to hijack aircraft and launch attacks at Indian airports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has directed all commercial airlines, including Air India, to beef up security with additional manpower for carrying out their day-to-day operations.

A top government official told MAIL TODAY that the security agencies were working on plans to depute sky marshals on board commercial flights to the Gulf, Europe and South Asian Association for Regional Corporation (SAARC) countries.


The security audit of airlines came up last week following a series of intelligence warnings about possible hijack bids and attacks by Islamic outfits such as Indian Mujahideen.

The issue was discussed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and other related security agencies, including Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Intelligence Bureau (IB), CISF and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
Read news in full 14/1014 Sanjay Singh/Mail Today/India Today
The intelligence input has urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation to direct all commercial airlines to beef up their security

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