Laptop, cellphones vanish at security check

Calcutta: A laptop and two cellphones of an IT professional have gone missing from the airport during the final security check at the domestic terminal.
Judhajit Sen Majumdar, a resident of Baisnabghata, in south Calcutta, had placed the items on the conveyor belt of an X-ray machine at the airport last Friday. They could not be found after that.
“I waited around 10 minutes for the laptop and the hand bag to emerge. When they didn’t, I thought the security personnel had seized them,” said Sen Majumdar. “I asked the securitymen whether they had kept the laptop and bag. They told me that they hadn’t and asked me to look for them properly.”
When the gadgets could not be found, Sen Majumdar raised a hue and cry, prompting the CISF men to start a search. “They took me upstairs and also contacted the airline officials, but the laptop and phones could not be traced,” stated Sen Majumdar. “I had to cancel my journey and stayed at the airport till late at night. I reported the matter to the authorities, including the airport manager.” He later filed an FIR at the airport police station.
According to CISF officers, the entire building was searched but the gadgets could not be found. “The closed-circuit television recordings were shown to the passenger, but to no avail. The items could have been taken away by another passenger,” stated a senior CISF officer.
07/03/07 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Mar 2007, Safety Mar 2007