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Scare at Delhi airport

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Incident happened at cargo terminal

Bomb squads and canine teams were rushed to the cargo hold area of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday to check a suspicious consignment.

Auto spare parts

The consignment was declared safe after it was found containing just auto spare parts.

CISF Director-General O. P. Singh said, “The suspect item has been declared safe and there is nothing to worry about.”

X-ray image

An x-ray image of the consignment raised suspicion among the staff of the domestic cargo terminal at 7.15 a.m., according to sources in the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. The terminal staff immediately alerted the CISF.

The cargo, declared safe around 9 a.m., was to be loaded on a Delhi-Goa flight.

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