NRI brings 'extortion' charge against immigration officials

Kolkata: A non-resident Indian from South Korea, who landed in the city on Thursday, lodged a complaint against airport immigration officers, saying that they “extorted” $35 from him after detaining him for over three hours.
Krishna Kumar Diwidi arrived by a Jet Airways flight from Bangkok. He came back to India after spending three years abroad. Krishna, who works with an MNC in Seoul, was en route to Gorakhpur, his hometown.
The Jet Airways flight landed at Kolkata at 10.15 am, but he was allowed to leave the security hold only at 1.15 pm. He then went to the airport manager’s office and lodged the compliant. “We asked him to tell us the exact counter number where he went for his immigration check so that we can ask the official. He failed to tell us the counter number and left the airport,” said an Airports Authority of India official. Immigration officials at the airport denied charges that they extorting money from him.
24/10/08 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Oct 2008