The Union home ministry has reversed its decision and re-deployed CISF troops for guarding the Central Government Offices (CGO) complex in the heart of the national capital which is high on terror radar.
“CISF personnel are back on CGO security duty,” a senior official said, confirming the move of re-induction of the central paramilitary, four days after it was asked to withdraw.
The Union home ministry had ordered withdrawal of CISF personnel from the midnight of August 31 and sources privy to the development had claimed some of the officials in the ministry were trying to rope in a private security agency for such duties.
In the meanwhile, the Delhi police had been tasked to guard the complex which houses several sensitive departments including the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and IAF’s air intelligence unit. The CISF has re-deployed its 80 personnel for guarding the complex.
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Emergency Jet landing at IGI
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, Sept. 4
A Jet Airways flight from Amritsar to Delhi made an emergency landing at the New Delhi IGI airport on Wednesday morning after pilots saw that the smoke alarm went off in the cockpit. The pilots requested the Air Traffic Control for a priority landing following which the plane made an emergency landing, Delhi airport sources confirmed. The flight landed safely. The Jet Airways spokesperson was quoted by news agencies as saying, “The flight made a priority landing as a smoke alarm light went on in the cockpit. It was an uneventful landing and all passengers are safe.”