New Delhi: The Union home ministry has turned down a proposal from the civil aviation ministry to raise an airport security force and ordered the security audit of all airports in the country following the attacks at such facilities in Brussels and Istanbul.
"The home ministry is not in favour of a special force under the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and has turned down the civil aviation ministry's proposal. The CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) will continue to guard all airports in the country, considering the heightened terror threat," a home ministry official said.
Over the past couple of years, the two ministries have been at loggerheads over the control of security arrangements at airports. The civil aviation ministry wanted to raise an aviation security force under its command and control while the CISF is under the direct control of the home ministry.
Airport security was handed over to the CISF after an Indian Airlines flight was hijacked in Kathmandu and taken to Kandahar in December 1999. The CISF now guards 59 airports and has deployed 21,000 personnel. Before the induction of the CISF, state police did the job.
An Intelligence Bureau officer said the CISF had been performing well. "The force has trained commandos and quick-reaction teams."
16/08/16 Imran Ahmed Siddiqui/Telegraph
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"The home ministry is not in favour of a special force under the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and has turned down the civil aviation ministry's proposal. The CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) will continue to guard all airports in the country, considering the heightened terror threat," a home ministry official said.
Over the past couple of years, the two ministries have been at loggerheads over the control of security arrangements at airports. The civil aviation ministry wanted to raise an aviation security force under its command and control while the CISF is under the direct control of the home ministry.
Airport security was handed over to the CISF after an Indian Airlines flight was hijacked in Kathmandu and taken to Kandahar in December 1999. The CISF now guards 59 airports and has deployed 21,000 personnel. Before the induction of the CISF, state police did the job.
An Intelligence Bureau officer said the CISF had been performing well. "The force has trained commandos and quick-reaction teams."
16/08/16 Imran Ahmed Siddiqui/Telegraph
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