Calcutta: Calcutta airport authorities today asked the US consulate to “surrender” two diplomatic passes that allowed mission officials to enter areas out of bounds for ordinary visitors, as more retaliatory measures followed last week’s arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade.
In Delhi, a civil aviation official said the “instruction” to withdraw the facility came from the ministry of external affairs (MEA).
The office of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security at Calcutta airport wrote to the consulate asking it to “surrender” the passes. “The consulate has been given time till tomorrow afternoon to submit the passes,” the official said.
Sources in Calcutta said the passes, which were transferable, allowed consular officials entry into check-in areas, though not inside the security hold area, where only passengers are allowed in after being frisked.
Ordinary visitors are not allowed into the check-in area even with visitors’ tickets.
18/12/13 Telegraph
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In Delhi, a civil aviation official said the “instruction” to withdraw the facility came from the ministry of external affairs (MEA).
The office of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security at Calcutta airport wrote to the consulate asking it to “surrender” the passes. “The consulate has been given time till tomorrow afternoon to submit the passes,” the official said.
Sources in Calcutta said the passes, which were transferable, allowed consular officials entry into check-in areas, though not inside the security hold area, where only passengers are allowed in after being frisked.
Ordinary visitors are not allowed into the check-in area even with visitors’ tickets.
18/12/13 Telegraph
