Around 1 am police received call from airport officials on Terminal 3 of on arrival they suspect a black trolly bag containing RDX
Delhi| On Thursday night in the late hours a suspicious bag found at the Terminal 3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport suspect containing RDX, officials said.
The Delhi Police said late night we received a call close to 1 am saying airport officials have received the suspicious bag found by a CISF personnel near gate number 2 of the arrival terminal.
The black-coloured trolley bag, which was lying unattended near pillar number 4, was removed from the spot and kept in a cooling pit.
Police arrived on the spot immediately caused panic amongst passengers and were not allowed to exit from the arrival terminal for some time. The terminal 3 was under high surveillance and was blocked for civilians.
A-Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) team was called in and the area was cordoned off.
Delhi: The police have seized the unclaimed bag and kept it under observation. Security has been heightened at Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International airport. https://t.co/76Sk99eSYQ
— ANI (@ANI) November 1, 2019
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Around 1.30 am, the BDDS team reached the spot and acted as per the standard operating procedure (SOP). X-ray images of the bag were taken by the bomb squad, which were also not clear and found doubtful.
Preliminary inputs suggested the content of the bag to be RDX. It was checked by a bomb detector and a dog, which gave positive signals for explosives.
Subsequently, the baggage was safely taken to a cooling pit in isolation area with the help of a Threat Containment Vehicle (TCV) around 3 am.
After a complete search of the arrival, area was conducted by the CISF, movement of passengers and vehicles was resumed around 3.30 am.
However, the exact nature of the explosive is being ascertained, sources said. The explosive has been put under observation for the next 24 hours, only after which something certain about it could be said, they added.
It could be an explosive or an improvised explosive device (IED), but it is not clear at present, the sources said.
In the meantime, security has been tightened at the Delhi airport in view of the bomb threat.
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