Heavy security was deployed at Raja Bhoj airport in the morning on Friday after information of ‘bomb’ at the airport was received and later it was found to be be mock drill.
Panic prevailed at Raja Bhoj airport after information of bomb spread like fire alerting all security agencies which were pressed into service. Under the security mock drill luggage of passengers was searched which made the passengers afraid and were later told that the whole process was a mock drill.
Stampede like situation occurred after the airport was evacuated by the security personnel. The passengers were told that bomb has been found at terminal and they have to evacuate the premises immediately.
Dog squad and security personnel cordoned off the airport and checking was conducted at all the areas.
The dog squad checked different sections of the airport and office building in search of bomb. The complete mock drill took 45 minutes during which the security arrangements were thoroughly checked and
Airport Director Akashdeep Mathur said that to check the security arrangements these mock drills are performed which are required to check the response time for security arrangements.
The mock drill was performed at 11 am and at the time of the mock drill around 40 passengers were at the airport. During the mock drill CISF and police personnel checked the security arrangements of the airport.
The mock drill was conducted in the wake of checking and tightening security arrangements for the eve of Republican Day on January 26.