New Delhi, December 5
Reported hearing of gun shots in the wee hours today created a scare at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after which security was further tightened while normal functioning of the airport was disrupted for some time.
Quick Reaction Team (QRT) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), armed with sophisticated weapons, swung into action along with Delhi Police personnel immediately after the reported incident.
“Sounds were heard by our people deployed at the city side (of the airport) which appeared to them as gun shots,” said Udhayan Banerjee, DIG, CISF, which provides airport security. The firing of two gun shots was heard at around 1.15 am near Gate No 4, but there was no eyewitness and no cartridge shells were found. The functioning of the airport was disrupted for about 40 minutes.
Adding to the drama, a white Qualis car, during the intensive checking drive, jumped the queue and sped away. A police Gypsy gave a chase to the Qualis with a Haryana number plate but lost it after some time.
— PTI
