Tiruchi: Security has been ramped up at the Tiruchi International Airport consequent to an anonymous call received on Wednesday that Chennai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, and Madurai airports would be blasted by ‘human bombs.’
The telephone call was made to the office of the Chennai Airport Director on Wednesday.
The in Chennai and they would target Chennai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, and Madurai airports.
An alert was immediately sounded to the Tiruchi airport authorities who convened a special security meeting at the airport. Personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), city police, immigration, various airlines and other agencies participated in the meeting presided over by the Officiating Airport Director K.Jebaraj, airport sources told The Hindu.
The threat message was conveyed to the officials and contingency response measures to be taken by each agency were outlined at the meeting.
28/08/14 R Rajaram/The Hindu
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The telephone call was made to the office of the Chennai Airport Director on Wednesday.
The in Chennai and they would target Chennai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, and Madurai airports.
An alert was immediately sounded to the Tiruchi airport authorities who convened a special security meeting at the airport. Personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), city police, immigration, various airlines and other agencies participated in the meeting presided over by the Officiating Airport Director K.Jebaraj, airport sources told The Hindu.
The threat message was conveyed to the officials and contingency response measures to be taken by each agency were outlined at the meeting.
28/08/14 R Rajaram/The Hindu
