The Delhi Police on Saturday urged travellers at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport to re-check their belongings and warned of legal action against those found with ammunition, a day after 11 cartridges were found in the baggage of a passenger at the airport.
A total of 13 cases, where ammunition has been found in the baggage of passengers during security check, have already been registered this year at the IGI Airport police station under sections of Arms Act.
According to Rajeev Ranjan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IGI airport, as per legal provisions, an First Information Report (FIR) is registered against such passenger for the possession of ammunition illegally without a valid license issued for Delhi or all India and the passenger has to face criminal proceedings before the court of law.
“Such lapses affect the journey of the passenger badly as they cannot embark on their journey and their co-passengers and family members also face an awkward situation,” said the DCP. A passenger at IGI’s Terminal-3, who was travelling from Delhi to Maldives by a private airlines, was found carrying 11 cartridges of .32 bore in his check-in baggage on Friday.
“During questioning, the passenger had told the police that the recovered cartridges belonged to his licensed weapon and had also produced his valid arms license issued in his name with area validity for Haryana,” a senior police official.
In another instance, a woman travelling from Terminal-3 was also found in possession of one live ammunition during screening of her baggage and she could not produce valid documents for it, he said. In both the instances, cases were registered under sections of the Arms Act at IGI Airport police station.