• Source:JND

Days after the aircraft of Air India received terror threats, the Ministry of External Affairs strongly condemned the development and added that it is in contact with the foreign government on the activities of radical and terrorist elements that have been inciting violence and intimidation. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India will continue to press the foreign deny space to such extremist elements. He also said that the country will definitely take measures against it.

"We strongly condemn such terrorist threats... We have been engaged with foreign governments on the activities of radical and terrorist elements that have been inciting violence and intimidation... We will continue to press these governments to deny space to such extremist elements. We will definitely take the necessary security measures against that...," Bacghi said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Earlier, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) had ordered extra security checks for Air India flights in Punjab and Delhi airports after a threat received from the outlawed separatist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).

In an order copy accessed by ANI, the BCAS has asked for additional security checks for all Air India flights at airports in Punjab and the national capital.

"A 100 per cent SLPC (Secondary Ladder Point Check) for all Air India flights at IGI Airport and airports in Punjab, issue of Temporary Airport Entry Pass (TAEP), entry of visitors to the terminal building of the IGI (Indira Gandhi International) airport (in Delhi) and sale of visitors' entry tickets will be banned," the circular read as quoted by news agency ANI.

The designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), had released a new video asking Sikhs not to fly Air India aircraft after November 19, as their lives could be under threat.  

(With input from agencies)


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