Airport officer shunted for sticking to rulebook

Thiruvananthapuram: A Customs Superintendent at the air intelligence unit at Cochin International Airport was shunted out for allegedly refusing entry into the emigration area of the airport to an aide of EMKE group chairman M K Abdulla, who is a close relative of group managing director M A Yousuf Ali, a director of the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) and an independent director of Air India.
Superintendent E Avaran was transferred out of the unit, said Customs Deputy Commissioner (Preventive) S A S Navas. “Denial of entry into the emigration area had caused mental hardship for Abdulla’s assistant, who came to receive his boss, arriving from Dubai,” said Navas.
According to sources, on December 22 a CIAL manager sought Avaran’s permission to take Abdulla’s aide to the emigration area. Since the aide was a private party, entry was denied. Besides, the unit had restricted the entry of visitors to the emigration area a few days ago at the behest of the higher-ups.
29/12/11 Shaju Philip/Indian Express

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Categories: airports Dec 2011