Agra/Srinagar: Following the arrest of Davinder Singh, a DSP with the J&K police who was posted with the anti-hijacking team at Srinagar airport, the UT government has decided to hand over internal security at Jammu and Srinagar airports to the CISF by January 31. Till now, security at the airports was jointly handled by J&K Police and the CRPF. The CRPF would continue to take care of security of the outer areas of the airports.
The airports at Jammu and Srinagar are categorised as “hyper-sensitive”, while the one in Leh is “sensitive” considering its strategic location. The CRPF would continue to take care of security of the outer areas of the airports.
In a letter to the J&K DGP, a copy of which is with TOI, the home department has written that handing over of security of the airports to CISF has “acquired immediacy” in view of the recent development relating to the arrest of Davinder Singh, who was caught last week with top Hizbul Mujahideen militants Syed Naveed Mushtaq and his two accomplices at a checkpoint on the national highway.
“Based on the inspection conducted by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Ministry of Civil Aviation and Government of India and in view of the facts, it is necessary to initiate the process of handing over the security of two airports of Jammu and Srinagar to CISF,” the letter reads. The plan was unfolding since March, 2018.
The CISF has a special aviation security group (ASG) that looks after airport security. The runways at the three airports, unlike the others in the country, would continue to taken care of security by the Air Force.
17/01/20 Anuja Jaiswal/Times of India
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The airports at Jammu and Srinagar are categorised as “hyper-sensitive”, while the one in Leh is “sensitive” considering its strategic location. The CRPF would continue to take care of security of the outer areas of the airports.
In a letter to the J&K DGP, a copy of which is with TOI, the home department has written that handing over of security of the airports to CISF has “acquired immediacy” in view of the recent development relating to the arrest of Davinder Singh, who was caught last week with top Hizbul Mujahideen militants Syed Naveed Mushtaq and his two accomplices at a checkpoint on the national highway.
“Based on the inspection conducted by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Ministry of Civil Aviation and Government of India and in view of the facts, it is necessary to initiate the process of handing over the security of two airports of Jammu and Srinagar to CISF,” the letter reads. The plan was unfolding since March, 2018.
The CISF has a special aviation security group (ASG) that looks after airport security. The runways at the three airports, unlike the others in the country, would continue to taken care of security by the Air Force.
17/01/20 Anuja Jaiswal/Times of India
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