PTI

New Delhi, Aug 13: Air travellers don't jump the gun and blame security personnel if you lose your personal belongings at the airport here; it may be one of your fellow-passengers who have stolen your belongings.

Passengers have been pointing fingers at the security personnel for loss of their properties during the mandatory checkings but senior airport officials claim that they have detected some cases of travellers being at the wrong side.

"Passengers hold CISF personnel doing the security checks responsible for the theft. But it has been found that the belongings were taken by fellow passengers," they said.

The footages of CCTVs, installed at the various spots in the airport, had come handy in tracing the person who has committed the theft, they said.

Five such cases have been reported at the airport where recovery of items had been made using the CCTV footage, in which theft was committed by a fellow-passenger.

In one of the cases, an African national was caught on the camera lifting the mobile phone of his fellow passenger during security check and X-ray.

After going through the CCTV recording, the security personnel traced him, and informed their counterpart at Goa, where he was travelling. During the search at Goa airport, security personnel recovered three mobiles from him.

Due to complications of the legal processes, passengers avoid to register a case with the police.

"Since passengers are in a hurry to reach their destination, they don't want to lodge a complaint with the police saying if they get into legal procedures they will miss their flight and their belongings also," the sources said.

Similarly, at the international terminal also, CCTV footages have revealed involvement of passengers in a theft case.

The CCTV footage has also proved helpful in verification of false claim of loss of their belongings by the passengers.

CISF has solved two cases of false claims of theft of money and jewellery by the passengers.