Chennai: The surveillance system at the Chennai Airport is in for a revamp, with security agencies seeking to bring the entire premises, particularly the concourse abutting the arrival/departure gates, under the purview of the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) network.
A high-level meeting of senior police and airport officials held on Tuesday discussed the strategies to bring vantage points around the domestic and international terminals under camera surveillance. The kidnapping of a U.K. couple by a gang for ransom and the special operation that rescued them has prompted law-enforcing agencies to focus on a more effective security system at the Chennai Airport, police sources said.
Thavaraj and his wife Salaja of U.K. were kidnapped by a gang soon after they arrived here from Colombo on a holiday on May 29. A suspect holding a placard with the name of Mr. Thavaraj posed as a hotel representative and guided the couple to a vehicle from where the kidnap drama began. The gang contacted the couple’s daughter Darshini using the mobile phone of Salaja and demanded a ransom of Rs. 2.48 crore to be paid in British pounds.
05/06/13 S. Vijay Kumar/The Hindu
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A high-level meeting of senior police and airport officials held on Tuesday discussed the strategies to bring vantage points around the domestic and international terminals under camera surveillance. The kidnapping of a U.K. couple by a gang for ransom and the special operation that rescued them has prompted law-enforcing agencies to focus on a more effective security system at the Chennai Airport, police sources said.
Thavaraj and his wife Salaja of U.K. were kidnapped by a gang soon after they arrived here from Colombo on a holiday on May 29. A suspect holding a placard with the name of Mr. Thavaraj posed as a hotel representative and guided the couple to a vehicle from where the kidnap drama began. The gang contacted the couple’s daughter Darshini using the mobile phone of Salaja and demanded a ransom of Rs. 2.48 crore to be paid in British pounds.
05/06/13 S. Vijay Kumar/The Hindu
