Mangalore: Minister for health and family welfare, U T Khader, on Monday demanded an explanation from authorities concerned for the trials and tribulations that Abdul Khader, 29, a resident of Uppala, went through at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on Saturday. A faulty tab battery that exposed the circuitry forced the airport security to detain Khader.
He was scheduled to take the Dubai flight and join work there on Sunday.
In a statement released here, the minister said a memorandum will be sent to the Union ministry for civil aviation, demanding a thorough probe into the chain of events that led to an impression that Abdul Khader was carrying explosives.
The minister said that people have a right to know where the lapse occurred, leading to the incident being blown out of proportion.
Khader was supposed to take the Jet Airways 9W352 flight at 11.15pm on Saturday to Dubai when security personnel detained him at MIA after they found 'exposed' circuitry inside his bag. Incoherent answers by Khader, who believed that the parcel in question were books given to him by his neighbour to be handed over to her brother in Sharjah, only confounded matters. Meanwhile, Khader, was also not aware of the exact contents of the parcel handed to him.
Further, a bottle, which personnel from the bomb detection and disposal squad from Bangalore later confirmed was hydrogen peroxide, added to their anxiety.
According to the minister, the security personnel could have handled the situation tactfully. Khader finally left for Dubai, 24-hours later on Sunday by a Jet Airways flight after the local law enforcement agencies cleared him.
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He was scheduled to take the Dubai flight and join work there on Sunday.
In a statement released here, the minister said a memorandum will be sent to the Union ministry for civil aviation, demanding a thorough probe into the chain of events that led to an impression that Abdul Khader was carrying explosives.
The minister said that people have a right to know where the lapse occurred, leading to the incident being blown out of proportion.
Khader was supposed to take the Jet Airways 9W352 flight at 11.15pm on Saturday to Dubai when security personnel detained him at MIA after they found 'exposed' circuitry inside his bag. Incoherent answers by Khader, who believed that the parcel in question were books given to him by his neighbour to be handed over to her brother in Sharjah, only confounded matters. Meanwhile, Khader, was also not aware of the exact contents of the parcel handed to him.
Further, a bottle, which personnel from the bomb detection and disposal squad from Bangalore later confirmed was hydrogen peroxide, added to their anxiety.
According to the minister, the security personnel could have handled the situation tactfully. Khader finally left for Dubai, 24-hours later on Sunday by a Jet Airways flight after the local law enforcement agencies cleared him.
17/09/14 SahilONline
