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Alert at Kolkata airport to continue

Special Correspondent

On Tuesday anonymous caller warned of explosives in two flights

KOLKATA: The alert at the city's Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International airport will continue till August 20 as part of special security arrangements made in view of Independence Day. Security personnel were thrown into a tizzy on Tuesday following an anonymous call stating that explosives had been planted in two city-bound Bangladesh Biman flights.

No explosive was found, the sources said.

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