US citizen in T3 for 20 hrs: Ministry raises questions

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry has raised questions about the presence of US citizen Tyrome Torand Redmon at IGI airport's Terminal 3 for over 20 hours before he attempted suicide on Thursday morning . The 37-year-old has been booked under Section 309 by Delhi Police and sent to judicial custody.

Redmon ran out of the terminal around 7.15am on Thursday and was chased across the approach road by security officials before he attempted to fling himself over the railing. He had reached the airport around 11am the previous day to catch a flight to Newark but was not issued a boarding pass since he did not have his baggage .

"The passenger was inside the terminal from around 11am on Wednesday to 7.15am on Thursday. Not one person detected his presence or questioned him. Not even did the airline , which knew there was a passenger who was unable to board a flight, report him to anyone. A passenger who enters the terminal cannot leave unless the airline authorizes the exit. At this point there was no security check done on him and he could have been a risk either to others to even to himself. This seems to be a serious lapse on part of all agencies concerned ," said a ministry official .
12/02/11 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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