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Loader held for theft at IGI

A member of the ground handling staff at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was detained by officials of the Central Industrial Security Force...

A member of the ground handling staff at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was detained by officials of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the early hours of Sunday morning after a couple bound for Colombo reported the loss of their handbag.

“The CISF received a complaint from a Colombo-bound couple around 2 am on Sunday. The woman passenger had complained her handbag was stolen while she was at the immigration counter. The CCTV footage was checked and the culprit was apprehended,” a CISF official said.

In the CCTV footage,the loader,identified as Bhagwan Das,an employee with Neha Aviation (a contractor hired by Air India),was seen standing very close to the complainant’s bag. As the woman was busy filling up the immigration form,the loader made away with her bag and swiftly moved towards the operational area.

Other footage were checked to trace Das; he was seen leaving the airport premises. The CISF officials detained him for questioning,and the accused admitted to his involvement in the theft and returned the bag full of money. As the two passengers had already boarded the flight,they were offloaded and the bag returned.

Das was later handed over to the Delhi Police,who booked him under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC on Sunday.

In March,the intelligence wing of the CISF had detained a man employed by the same contractor,Neha Aviation,after he was seen loitering around terminal 1C. Upon checking and interrogation,Ajit Kumar Pandey was found with forged airport entry passes issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS),and confessed to his involvement in illegal recruitment of loaders and drivers for the national carrier in return for money.

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