Mangalore: Unclaimed Suitcase Causes Scare at Bajpe Airport
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (GA/MB)
Mangalore, Aug 16: An unattended and unclaimed suitcase which was found in the visitors' lounge at Bajpe airport here on Tuesday August 14 night caused panic for sometime. The situation remained grim until sniffer dogs were brougnt in and the chances of the suitcase having any explosives were ruled out.
The suitcase was found abandoned on a chair in the visitors' launge. Since it was the eve of Independence Day, there was already an alert in force. As no one had claimed the suitcase for long, the panic button was pressed in the vicinity. The suitcase bore the name of one Ibrahim M Ahmed.
As a precautionary measure, sand bags were stacked around the suitcase pending arrival of the sniffer dogs and bomb detection on the spot. Even Dakshina Kannada SP Satheesh Kumar too rushed to the spot immediately.
However, when the suitcase was opened, only a few clothes and pens were found in it. The suitcase was then handed over to Bajpe police.
Later it came to light that the suitcase belonged to Ibrahim Kunhi Malakad of M M House, Atimila of Manikoth in Kanhagad. He has been working in Egypt Flower Textiles in Abu Dhabi for the last few years and had come down on holidays on Tuesday by the Air India Express flight. He had 3 bags and a suitcase with him.
But after meeting his wife and children, while in a hurry, he missed taking the suitcase. It was only after reaching home that he realized about the missing suitcase. Immediately he rushed back to the airport in the midnight and met the airport officials. He was sent to Bajpe police who returned the suitcase after proper identification and verification.