Airport killing: Kerala Police arrest eight AAI fire officials
13 Jun 2015 6:05 AM IST
Eight fire and safety officials of the Airports Authority of India were arrested on Friday in connection with the June 10 violent incidents which claimed the life of a CISF jawan at Karipur airport near here.
Police said they were arrested this afternoon under various IPC sections, including 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
The airport was temporarily shut down after the clash between CISF and fire department officials of AAI following an argument over frisking of some personnel around 9.40 pm on June 10.
"In the ensuing scuffle, a firearm belonging to a CISF personnel went off killing a CISF head-constable while the official who was holding the firearm sustained burn injuries on hand and he is hospitalised. The scuffle continued for some time," an official release had said.
Yesterday, Forensic officials went to the airport to probe the shooting incident in which CISF jawan Jaipal Yadav was killed.
The airport was closed for at least six hours and flight operations resumed only on July 11.
Meanwhile, ADGP (North Zone) N Shankar Reddy submitted a preliminary report on the violence to Director General of Police.
"A preliminary report on what exactly happened was furnished to DGP," Reddy told a news agency.
"Everything is on CCTV," Reddy said when asked who was responsible for the violence and <g data-gr-id="31">gun shot</g> that followed.
"The incident is involving two Central government organisations. We will go by evidence and will follow up with legal procedures," Reddy added.
CCTV footage <g data-gr-id="60">show</g> CISF personnel being attacked
A day after CCTV visuals emerged of CISF personnel on the rampage at Karipur airport in Kozhikode, fresh footage of the episode has appeared in which a group of alleged Airports Authority of India officials in plainclothes are seen attacking a CISF jawan. As per the visuals aired by television channels this morning, a CISF jawan was surrounded and beaten up by a group of AAI officials following an altercation between him and an airport official over frisking.
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