After an English-Arabic document with ‘threatening content’ was found on a chartered flight at the city airport, intelligence agencies are keeping a watch on all the 243 passengers who were on board the flight from Gatwick (UK) to Goa.
"Now, we have got details of all the passengers who travelled by the flight. We have also got the information about the hotels where they have checked in," a senior Intelligence Bureau official told the media.
Local police have also been roped in for the investigation as the passengers have checked in at different hotels in the state's coastal belt, the official said.
The English-Arabic document which read ‘What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger’ (a famous quote by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche), was found lying in the Thomson Airways flight on Tuesday by a cleaning crew member after all passengers, who arrived from London, had disembarked.
The crew member had stumbled upon the piece of paper while cleaning the aircraft before its scheduled take off from Goa at 10.30 am.
The document was seized by the CISF personnel. After the mandatory security check, the flight was allowed to fly back.
Goa has already been put on alert, following inputs by intelligence agencies about a possible terror attack on the western coast of the state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is also expected to visit Goa on December 19 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee Year of state's liberation from Portuguese rule. State Home Minister Ravi Naik had told reporters on Wednesday that all the measures were in place to counter any eventuality.