RDX found in suspicious bag at Delhi airport

A suspicious bag found at the Terminal three of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International landing field within the early hours of Fri contained RDX contents, officers aforementioned. The Delhi Police aforementioned a decision was received around one am following that the suspicious bag was found by a CISF personnel close to gate range two of the arrival terminal. The black-coloured self-propelled vehicle bag, that was lying unattended close to pillar range four, was aloof from the sport and unbroken in an exceedingly cooling pit. Police swung into action and a bomb disposal squad beside a dog squad were referred to as to the spot in real-time. This caused panic among passengers who weren’t allowed to exit the arrival terminal for a few time.

The roads outside the T3 were conjointly blocked, they added. Preliminary inputs counsel the content of the bag to be RDX. it had been checked by an associate explosive detector and a dog. However, the precise nature of the explosive is being determined, sources aforementioned. The explosive has been anesthetized observation for ensuing twenty-four hours, solely when that one thing bound regarding it may well be aforementioned, they added. It may well be the associate explosive or associate jury-rigged device (IED), however, it’s not clear at the moment, the sources aforementioned. In the meantime, security has been tightened at the metropolis landing field in sight of the bomb threat