No FIR on Kalam check yet because Govt can’t figure out which law to invoke

New Delhi: Contrary to the Government’s claim, no FIR has been registered so far by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security against Continental Airlines over ex-President A P J Abdul Kalam’s security check.
Not because the Government has had a rethink over its VIP obsession but because it can’t figure out which law is being violated. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had said that the FIR would be registered for “gross violation of BCAS Circular No.6/2008, which exempts specified VVIPs/VIPs from pre-embarkation security checks.”
This circular, however, doesn’t fall under the purview of The Aircraft Act and officials are exploring how to take legal action.
When contacted, Joint Commissioner of Police (Operations) Satyendra Garg said: “No FIR has been registered yet.”
Incidentally, the US Transportation Security Administration has already made it clear that the airline followed its rules and that India’s VVIP list doesn’t meet TSA norms under which all US-bound passengers — even former Heads of State — flying in on US commercial planes have to go through pre-boarding security checks.
25/07/09 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009, Foreign Jul 2009