Background checks of staff ordered following Kingfisher security fiasco

Bangalore: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has instructed all airlines carry out periodical employee check and keep a tab on their possible affiliations for upgrading security.
The directive comes in the wake of the arrest of a former staffer of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for placing a explosive-like device on a Kingfisher Airline flight from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram, and his subsequent disclosure that the act was done to expose security lapses at the airport.
Highly-placed sources said the checks would be on the lines of that carried out by the Central paramilitary forces such as the CISF and the Central Reserve Police Force who carry out similar checks on their personnel.
?The directives issued to airline operators include strict compliance to contract employee character and antecedent verification before recruitment and periodical review of every staffer? said sources.
Currently, all Central paramilitary forces such as CISF, CRPF and the armed forces conduct periodical regimental surveillance on their personnel to keep a tab on any possible anti-social or terror affiliations.
02/04/10 DHNS/Mangalorean.com

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Categories: Safety Apr 2010