Gun security breach involving Nusli Wadia: Air India removes official

Delhi: Aviation chiefs in India have launched an enquiry after a prominent industrialist checked-in a pistol and bullets on an international flight.
The businessman is a grandson of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
The Indian national carrier, Air India, has removed at least one official as a result of the security breach.
The officials was alleged to have been present at the time the lapse occurred, and airport security apparatus failed to detect the firearm and bullets.Officials say that the well-known industrialist, Nusli Wadia, was found to be flying from Mumbai (Bombay) to Dubai last week with a revolver and 30 live bullets.
They said that Mr Wadia checked-in the weapon and bullets without making the mandatory disclosures to relevant security and immigration authorities. Mr Wadia, the chairman of the private Go Air airline, was flying on 13 January on an Air India flight. The firearm and bullets were only detected when his bag went through the screening machine at the security counter at Dubai airport.
The businessman was questioned by security and immigration officials at Dubai, and a statement from him was recorded. The pistol and bullets were seized by airport officials at Dubai. The question is how the security apparatus at Mumbai airport failed to detect the weapon and ammunition in his luggage despite stringent security checks and procedures.
18/01/07 Sanjeev Srivastava/BBC News, UK

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