Air guns found in Jet Airways parcel

By Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 27. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) here has ordered an inquiry into the discovery of a parcel today containing an air pistol and air gun flown as cargo on Jet Airways flight 9W-842 from Kolkata to Chennai last night on way to Port Blair.

The parcel was reportedly posted by the Kolkata Postal Department for a trader in Port Blair. It came in the cargo hold and was kept at the Chennai airport for the mandatory cooling off period, when the airline staff discovered the contents of the parcel during a routine check and brought it to the notice of the local police. Apparently, no licence is required for the kind of air guns found in the parcel.

Not taking any chances during the atmosphere of high threat perceptions, the BCAS chief, Mr. Veerana Aivally, has ordered an inquiry. Security agencies have to ascertain this mode of transportation was not a trial run for anything sinister and how the parcel passed through at Kolkata.

A Jet Airways spokesman said the parcel was brought to the notice of the authorities by the airline staff.

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