Lok Sabha Question No. 3077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Theft at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 8 3077 (To be answered on the December 2015)

## THEFT AT AIRPORTS

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE SHRIMATI BHA VANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether increasing incidents of thefts and stealing of valuables from the bags of air passengers have been reported at various airports across the country;
- three years and the current year, year-wise and airport-wise; and (c) the number 0f officers and employees found guilty in this regard along with the action taken against them and the action taken/being in this regard?
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto along with the number of such incidents reported and FIRs registered in this regard during the last

## ANSWER

Minister Of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) to (c): The incidents 0f thefts and stealing o valuable from the bags of air passengers are reported at various airports in the country; These cases are reported complainants to local police or brought to the notice of the Details of theft cases reported/registered at various airports during 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (tili October, 2015) are annexed: by

The incident of theft are a law and order issue, and as a matter of fact the subjects 0f crime and Law & Order are state subjects, and Ministry of Civil Aviation has no control or mandate over this datalinformation. The local Police, which is 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 concerned Airlines/Local Police authorities, which are approached by the passengers in such cases for lodging & complaint of theft, etc.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PARTS (a) To (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 3077 DUE FOR ANSINER ON 17.12.2015 REGARDING TKEFT AT AIRPORTS

## DETAILS OF THEFT CASES REPORTEDIREGISTERED AT AiRPORTS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR

| No:   | Airports   | Year 2012   | Year 2013   | Year 2014   | Year 2015 (till October, 2015)   |
|-------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------------|
| 1     | Chennai    |             | 01          | 07          | 02                               |
| 2     | Trivandrum | 03          |             |             | 02                               |
| 3     | Calicut    |             | 01          | 01          |                                  |
| 4_    | Cochin     | 11          |             |             |                                  |
| 5.    | Madurai    |             | 01          |             |                                  |
| 6.    | Kolkata    | 06          | 14          | 12          | 02                               |
|       | Bagdogra   |             | 01          |             |                                  |
| 8     | Indcre     | 01          |             |             |                                  |
| 9     | Bhuj       |             | 01          |             |                                  |
| 10.   | Delhi      | 24          | 14          | 67          | 53                               |
| 11,   | Jaipur     | 06          | 03          |             | 01                               |
| 12    | Mumbai     | 22          | 13          | 21          | 22                               |
| 13    | Raipur     | 02          |             |             |                                  |
| 14    | Hyderabad  | 09          | 04          | 04          | 03                               |
| 16    | Agartala   | 02          |             |             |                                  |
| 16:   | Imphal     |             |             | 01          |                                  |
| 17_   | Amritsar   |             |             | 01          |                                  |
| 18.   | Bangalore  |             | 01          |             | 03                               |
| 19.   | Lucknow    |             |             |             | 02                               |
| 20.   | Udaipur    |             | 01          |             |                                  |
|       | Total:     | 86          | 55          | 114         | 90                               |

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