Followers of a religious guru parked their vehicles in front of the terminal building of the city airport for more than half an hour on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
When challenged by marshals, the followers produced pieces of paper purportedly issued by police authorising them to park their vehicles in front of the terminal.
Earlier this week, devotees of another religious leader had been issued “special passes” to enter the terminal, though entry of visitors is banned because of heightened security following the Pulwama attack, the sources said.
Cars that remain parked in front of the terminal for more than 10 minutes are slapped a fine of Rs 400. However, government vehicles and cars belonging to “VIPs” are allowed free parking for hours in violation of rules.
Sources said three to four vehicles that were parked near gate number 3C for more than half an hour were about to leave around noon on Thursday when an airport marshal stopped them.
Marshals are employees of an agency hired by the Airports Authority of India to manage parking.
“The vehicles were parked there for more than half an hour. When they were about to leave, a marshal stopped them and told the drivers that free parking in front of the terminal was allowed only for 10 minutes,” a source said.
The people in the car then produced some pieces of paper.
“Those are slips issued at the kiosks at the entry gate of the airport compound. The time of a car’s entry is written on such slips. But the slips the occupants of the car produced had a signature and a stamp with WBP (West Bengal Police) written in it,” the source said.
The marshal then took one of the occupants of the car to a senior airport official.
29/03/19 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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When challenged by marshals, the followers produced pieces of paper purportedly issued by police authorising them to park their vehicles in front of the terminal.
Earlier this week, devotees of another religious leader had been issued “special passes” to enter the terminal, though entry of visitors is banned because of heightened security following the Pulwama attack, the sources said.
Cars that remain parked in front of the terminal for more than 10 minutes are slapped a fine of Rs 400. However, government vehicles and cars belonging to “VIPs” are allowed free parking for hours in violation of rules.
Sources said three to four vehicles that were parked near gate number 3C for more than half an hour were about to leave around noon on Thursday when an airport marshal stopped them.
Marshals are employees of an agency hired by the Airports Authority of India to manage parking.
“The vehicles were parked there for more than half an hour. When they were about to leave, a marshal stopped them and told the drivers that free parking in front of the terminal was allowed only for 10 minutes,” a source said.
The people in the car then produced some pieces of paper.
“Those are slips issued at the kiosks at the entry gate of the airport compound. The time of a car’s entry is written on such slips. But the slips the occupants of the car produced had a signature and a stamp with WBP (West Bengal Police) written in it,” the source said.
The marshal then took one of the occupants of the car to a senior airport official.
29/03/19 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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