Lok Sabha Question No. 1040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Theft Cases at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, SUDHEER GUPTA, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1040 (To be answered on the February 2018) 8th

## Theft Cases at Airports

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SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO` SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA SHRI SR. VIJAYAKUMAR DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA . SHRI T: RADHAKRISHNAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION `

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the theft of expensive goods from the passenger baggage at various airports are increasing;
- (c) the action taken by the Government on each of the complaint with the recovery rate of the stolen goods; along
- (b) if the number of 'complaints received during the last three years and the current year; Airportlyear-wise; SO,
- (d) whether the involvement of security personnel and staff of airports have came to the notice of the Government;
- (0) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to prevent such type of incidence in future?
- (e) if s0, the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(2) to (e): Details of theft cases reported registered at various airports during that there\_is no significant increase in the theft cases reported / registered at

subject, and Ministry of Civil Aviation does not maintain these datalinformation. Involvement of employees in such theft; working at airports cannot be ruled out, however, no such involvement has been brought to the notice of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF): As and when such incidents are brought to notice; complaints are lodged with local Police; which takes further action. In addition; the Bureau 0f Civil Aviation Security (BCAS); & regulatory authority for civil aviation security in the country, has also issued instructions to prevent such incidents:

- (f): To prevent incidents of theft at the airports, the following steps are taken:-
- (ii) Use 0 celi phones in the air-side by ground handling staff has been prohibited.
- (iv) Photo Identity Cards (PICs) of ground handling staff after completion of shift; are deposited at the airport: being
- (iii) Deployment of airline security staff in the Baggage Makepu Area (BMA)Baggage Breakup Area (BBA) around the cargo-hold area of the airline.
- (v) Sharing of list of suspects with all concerned agencies:
- (vi) Establishment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) help desks counters at the airports for receipt of complaint 0f thefts from the passengers and to further hand over the complaint to the local police:

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1040 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2018 REGARDING 'THEFT CASES AT AIRPORTS'

Details of theft cases reportedlregistered at various airports during the last three years and the current year: -

| No:   | Airports   | Year 2015   | Year 2016   | Year 2017   | Year 2018 (till January_20182   |
|-------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | Chennai    | 02          |             |             |                                 |
| 2     | Trivandrum | 02          |             |             |                                 |
| 3     | Calicut    |             |             |             |                                 |
| 4     | Kolkata    | 02          |             |             |                                 |
| 5 .   | Delhi      | 60          | 34          | 34          | 02                              |
| 6     | Jaipur     | 01          |             |             |                                 |
| 7 .   | Mumbai     | 26          | 17          | 10          | 01                              |
| 8_    | Hyderabad  | 03          | 11          | 15          |                                 |
| 9     | Imphal     |             |             |             |                                 |
| 10_   | Amritsar   |             | 01          |             |                                 |
| 11.   | Bangalore  | 03          |             |             |                                 |
| 12.   | Lucknow    | 02          |             |             |                                 |
| 13.   | Jammu      |             | 01          |             |                                 |
|       | Total:     | 101         | 64          | 59          | 03                              |

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