Delhi: Suspicious bag found at IGI Airport, security tightened

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A bag with suspected RDX contents was found at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Friday, leading to restrictions in passenger movements for a couple of hours, officials said. The black-coloured bag, first detected around 1 am by a CISF personnel in the arrival area of Terminal-3, has now been kept in a cooling pit.

Preliminary inputs suggest the content of the bag to be RDX. It was checked by an explosive detector and a dog. 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. The Delhi Police said a call was received around 1 am, following which the bag was found at arrival gate number two of the terminal. The roads outside the high-security complex were also blocked, they added. Delhi airport has three terminals and domestic as well as international flights operate from the Terminal-3.