Mangaluru airport director denies allegation of passport tearing by staff
Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport’s Director, Vasamsetti Venkateswara Rao, ordered investigations into the allegations of a passenger that her passport was torn into splits by airport security staff.
However according to Venkateswara Rao, the allegations labeled by the family against the security staffs of the airport that they had deliberately torn the passport of Rubeena (28), who was to travel to Dubai from Mangaluru to join her husband in the gulf nation.
Speaking to Varthabharati over phone call, Mangaluru airport director, Vasamsetti Venkateswara Rao, said “We have checked the CCTV footage, and from it we can figure out that, whatever allegations have been made against airport staffs are false and untrue”.
“With the CCTV footage, we can easily conclude that the allegations are false. I don’t know what caused the damage to the passport, but it is definitely not what they passengers have alleged” he added.
He further added that the airport authorities will soon issue a press release in this regard.
Earlier, Vasamsetti Venkateswara Rao, had ordered investigations into the matter after the families allegations that the passport of Rubeena was torned by the security staff when she had been to get child stroller, after handing her passport to the security officer at the gate, for verification.
The family, after Rubeena reached Dubai, had complained the matter to the Abdu Dhabi Embassy, who had then forwarded it to the Mangaluru Airport Director.
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Iran declares 40 days of public mourning after Khamenei’s killing: Reports
Tehran: Iran has reportedly declared 40 days of public mourning following the killing of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Al Jazeera reported citing Iranian state media.
According to the report, Fars News Agency said the Iranian government has announced 40 days of nationwide mourning in the wake of Khamenei’s killing. The agency also reported that seven days of public holidays have been declared.
Further updates are awaited.
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