Jewellery in bags unsafe at Ahmedabad airport!

Ahmedabad: If you are flying from Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport, Mumbai to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), Ahmedabad, don't forget to check your luggage before you leave the terminal at either end. There is something fishy in the way passengers' luggage is handled at these two airports.
On Monday, when Kirti Shah, a Virginia based doctor, landed at Ahmedabad airport, he found $5,000 missing from his luggage. A complaint was lodged with the local Sardarnagar police station but the police have no clue where and how the theft occurred despite there being CCTV cameras keeping an eye on all activity at the airport.
"We are investigating the case but even after going through video footage we haven't got any clue about the theft. We believe it to be the handiwork of an individual but there could also be a bigger group involved in stealing valuables," said Sardarnagar police inspector VS Sarvaiya.
In fact, Shah was fortunate to have detected the theft at the airport terminal itself. There have been numerous cases in which passengers had discovered the theft only after reaching home or outside the terminal. In such cases, concerned airline hardly pays any attention to the complaint.
Earlier, Sunil Kumar, who works as a general manager with the Oman porcelain company, SAOC, had lodged a theft complaint against a private airline, GoAir, with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
17/11/11 Satsh Jha/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: airports Nov 2011, Foreign Nov 2011