Lok Sabha Question No. 823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Theft of Items from Baggage at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: LALLU SINGH, SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

823

st (To be answered on the 21= July 2016)

## THEFT OF ITEMS FROM BAGGAGE AT AIRPORTS

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823.

SHRI LALLU SINGH SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether various complaints have been received regarding the theft of expensive goods from the\_ and baggage'$ of passengers at various airports including Indira Gandhi International Airport; Delhi; bags
- years and the current year, airportlyear- wise;
- (c) whether the Ministry is aware about the involvement of security personnel and officerslstaff of airports in getting these goods out of airport; and
- (d) if the details thereof and action taken against the guilty in each such case? SO,

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam: The incidents of thefts and stealing of valuables from the bags of air passengers have been reported at various airports in the country. These cases are reported by complainants to local police or brought to the notice of the airlines concerned  Details of theft cases reported/registered at various airports during 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (till June; 2016) are annexed.

The incidents of theft are a law and order issue, which is a State subject; and Ministry of Civil Aviation do not maintain these datalinformation. The local Police, which are under the jurisdiction of the concerned State Government; register and investigate such cases\_ The relevant details/data, including the value of stolen articles;propertylarticles recovered; persons arrested, charge sheets/FIRs filed; status of cases on such thefts pending in courts, penalty awarded to convicts etc are maintained by the Local Police authorities:

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 823 FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2016 REGARDING THEFT OF ITEMS FROM BAGGACE AT AIRPORTS

Details of the theft cases reported registered at various airports during the last three years and the current year

| NO:   | Airport    | Year 2013   | Year 2014   | Year 2015   | Year 2016 (Till June; 2016)   |
|-------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|       | Chennai    | 01          | 07          | 02          |                               |
| 2     | Trivandrum |             |             | 02          |                               |
| 3     | Calicut    | 01          | 01          |             |                               |
| 4     | Madurai    | 01          |             |             |                               |
| 5     | Kolkata    | 14          | 12          | 02          |                               |
| 6     | Bagdogra   | 01          |             |             |                               |
| 7     | Bhuj       | 01          |             |             |                               |
|       | Delhi      | 14          | 67          | 60          | 16                            |
| 9     | Jaipur     | 03          |             | 01          |                               |
| 10    | Mumbai     | 13          | 21          | 26          | 07                            |
| 11    | Hyderabad  | 04          | 04          | 03          | 01                            |
| 12    | Imphal     |             | 01          |             |                               |
| 13    | Amritsar   |             | 01          |             | 01                            |
| 14    | Bangalore  | 01          |             | 03          |                               |
| 15    | Lucknow    |             |             | 02          |                               |
| 16    | Udaipur    | 01          |             |             |                               |
|       | TOTAL      | 55          | 114         | 101         | 25                            |

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