Clearing the air regarding “suspicious” movement of army uniform cladded people near Chandigarh airport, the Mohali police on Sunday claimed it to be a “secret army exercise, which was not known to the local administration”.
Mohali senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said: “Today, an information was received regarding movement of around six suspicious people in army uniform who were with an army truck in the airport area of police station Zirakpur.”
He informed that a thorough search under the supervision of IG Zonal Patiala Paramraj Singh Umranangal was conducted with DIG's and SSP's of SAS Nagar, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar districts of the area around the airport.
Bhullar clarified that after collecting information from the localities, “it seems to be a secret Army exercise, which was not known to the local administration”.