New Delhi: A whopping Rs 32 crore worth of valuables and other items, including cash and mobile phones, was misplaced by air travellers at the major airports of the country in the year just passed, official data says.
The data on 'unattended property recovered' for 2015 has been collated by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is mandated to secure 59 civil airports in the country.
As per the CISF, fliers left behind cash of various denominations, jewellery, laptops, cellphones and electronic items, among others, worth a total of Rs 32.15 crore in the security-hold area of these facilities.
"While all the items seized by on-duty CISF teams are handed over to the airport operating authorities, a substantial part of it has been claimed back by passengers after due verification," a senior official said.
The paramilitary force evaluates these items after seizure and bona-fide owners can claim the same back from the airport operator's desk after checking the list of recovered items on the website of the force at www.cisf.gov.in.
13/01/16 PTI/Economic Times
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The data on 'unattended property recovered' for 2015 has been collated by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is mandated to secure 59 civil airports in the country.
As per the CISF, fliers left behind cash of various denominations, jewellery, laptops, cellphones and electronic items, among others, worth a total of Rs 32.15 crore in the security-hold area of these facilities.
"While all the items seized by on-duty CISF teams are handed over to the airport operating authorities, a substantial part of it has been claimed back by passengers after due verification," a senior official said.
The paramilitary force evaluates these items after seizure and bona-fide owners can claim the same back from the airport operator's desk after checking the list of recovered items on the website of the force at www.cisf.gov.in.
13/01/16 PTI/Economic Times
