Lok Sabha Question No. 1879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Incidents of Theft at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

1879

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

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1879

(To be answered on the July 2016) 28th

## INCIDENTS OF THEFT AT AIRPORTS

## SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of incidents %f theft registered at the airports of Delhi; Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai during the last three years and the current year, airportlyear-wise;
- (b) the total loss suffered by passengers due to thefts airportlyear-wise;
- (c) whether any inquiry has been conducted in this regard;
- (d) if the outcome thereof in each such case during the above period; and S0,
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to check incidents of theft at the airports?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Details of theft cases reported/registered at the airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai; during 2013,2014, 2015 and 2016 (till June; 2016) are annexed.
- (b) to (d): The incidents of theft are a 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/Figs filed, Status of cases on such thefts pending in courts; penalty awarded to convicts etc. are maintained the Local Police authorities. law by
- (e): To prevent incidents of theft at the airports, following steps have been taken:-
- (1) Frisking of ground handling staff is done while leaving the airport: being
- (iii) Deployment of airline security staff in the Baggage Makeup Area (BMA) / Baggage Breakup Area (BBA) around the cargo-hold area of the airline.
- (ii) Use of cell phones in the airside 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
- (vi) Sharing of list of suspects with all concerned agencies:
- (v) A Committee has been constituted to identify the grey areas of CCTV coverage.
- (vii) Establishment of CISF help desk counters at the airports for receipt of complaint of thefts from the passengers and to further hand over the complaints to the local police.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1879 REGARDING "INCIDENTS OF THEFT AT AIRPORTS" BE ANSWERED ON 28-07-2016

Details of theft cases registered at airports of Delhi; Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai during the last three years and in the current year

| No.   | Airport   |   Year 2013 |   Year 2014 |   Year 2015 | Year 2016 (Till June, 2016)   |
|-------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|       | Delhi     |          14 |          67 |          60 |                               |
| 2     | Mumbai    |          13 |          21 |          26 | 07                            |
| 3     | Kolkata   |          14 |          12 |          02 |                               |
| 4     | Chennai   |          01 |          07 |          02 |                               |

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