CISF takes over Jammu Airport security

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) took over the security of the Jammu Airport on Friday with the deployment of around 300 personnel, officials said.

On February 26, the central force had similarly beeninducted to guard the Srinagar airport in Jammu-Kashmir.

   

While the induction of the force at the two airports inJammu-Kashmir and Leh in Ladakh was decided long back, the process wasexpedited after J&K Police DySPDavinder Singh was arrested on January 11ferrying three HizbulMujahideen militants to Chandigarh.

The security of the Leh airport will also be taken over bythe CISF soon.

DySP Singh’s alleged links with militants had raisedconcerns over the security of these sensitive civil aviation facilities thatfall in the Union Territories (UTs) of J&K and Ladakh, which borderPakistan and China respectively.

Jammu Airport director P R Beuria handed over a ceremonialkey to CISF Commandant Gurjit Singh to mark the event.

The Airport Authority of India-operated airport was till nowbeing guarded by the J&K Police and the CRPF.

Around 300 troops, in shifts, will provide a 24×7 armedcover to the facility and will frisk passengers at the gate, followed bycomprehensive checks ahead of boarding a flight.

The troops are armed with assault rifles like the AK seriesand the INSAS, and will man the airport perimeter from watch towers erected atvantage positions, the officials said.

The CISF will provide a “comprehensive cover to thefacility” and a commandant-rank officer will head the unit at the JammuAirport, a senior official said.

With this induction, the force now has 63 airports under itscover in the country.

The 1.62-lakh personnel strong paramilitary force isdesignated as the national civil aviation security force.

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