New Delhi, July 25: Police have said no FIR has been registered so far by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security against Continental Airlines over ex-President A P J Abdul Kalam’s security check. The reason is that the government can’t decide which law has been violated.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation had said an FIR would be registered for gross violation of BCAS Circular No 6/2008, which exempts specified VVIPs/VIPs from pre-embarkation security checks.
But this circular doesn’t fall under the purview of The Aircraft Act and officials are exploring how to take legal action.
The US Transportation Security Administration has said the airline followed its rules and that India’s VVIP list doesn’t meet TSA norms, under which all US-bound passengers – even former Heads of State – flying in on US commercial planes have to go through pre-boarding security checks.
–PTI