Security at Chennai airport continues to be poor even after the officials claimed to have enhanced the security to seven-tier arrangement.
A security lapse at the Chennai airport just a few days ahead of Independence Day was exposed when a 12-year-old boy sneaked into the runway area, the bay area and attempted to board a cargo flight on Friday morning.
Amid high drama and after a hot chase, the airport staff caught the boy, identified as Bora, son of Ramdev of Gwalior, in Madhya Pradesh.
The airport police said Bora gained entry through VVIP gate No. 10 by climbing over a 10-ft-high gate and entered the bay area taking advantage of the absence of CISF personnel at the gate.
Sources said the CISF personnel, in-charge of airport security, were not present at the VVIP gate which opens only for the President, PM and world leaders to gave direct access to the bay area and runway.
Taking advantage of the “unmanned” gate, Bora climbed over it and entered the bay where he found airport staff loading a Lufthansa cargo flight, scheduled to take off for Frankfurt.
After watching the loading process for sometime, he tried to board the flight along with a staff when the airport staff noticed the intruder and tried to nab him.
But he took to his heel. Though the staff gave a hot chase, they could not catch Bora. Later, they caught him after chasing him for about half-a-km on a jeep.
The CISF, who took custody of Bora and questioned him till afternoon, found him mentally deranged. He was handed over to the airport police who sent him to Kilpauk hospital for mental health.
On July 27, when former president Abdul Kalam was onboard, a passenger managed to come out of the airport.
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Bora gained entry through VVIP gate No. 10 by climbing over a 10-ft-high gate and entered the bay area taking advantage of the absence of CISF personnel at the gate.
Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com
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