New Delhi: Security agencies have alerted airports across the country in the wake of an purported al-Qaeda video in which the terror outfit has threatened to carry out a destructive campaign in India.
At all civil airports, the main security guarding force CISF, state police forces and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) have been asked by central security agencies to issue directives in this regard to their units and step up surveillance of suspicious activities.
The agencies have been asked to remain alert, both in the city and air sides, of these facilities which are thronged by lakhs of passengers every day to reach destinations within the country and abroad.
Sources said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which secures 59 civil airports at present, has been asked to put special stress on routine drills at the airports and undertake secondary ladder point (SLP) checking wherever required.
05/09/14 Outlook
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At all civil airports, the main security guarding force CISF, state police forces and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) have been asked by central security agencies to issue directives in this regard to their units and step up surveillance of suspicious activities.
The agencies have been asked to remain alert, both in the city and air sides, of these facilities which are thronged by lakhs of passengers every day to reach destinations within the country and abroad.
Sources said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which secures 59 civil airports at present, has been asked to put special stress on routine drills at the airports and undertake secondary ladder point (SLP) checking wherever required.
05/09/14 Outlook
