After a banned pro-Khalistan outfit, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), threatened to disrupt two Air India flights scheduled to leave for London on November 5, security has been beefed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in national Capital.
On Wednesday, a meeting was also held between officials of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Police, Air India and Delhi International Airport Limited on Wednesday to discuss the massive security arrangements put in place.
Similarly, a meeting was held on Tuesday in this regard by CISF officials and Delhi Police officials also attended the meeting, police said.
Police said that United Stated (US)-based SFJ had issued a call to boycott Air India flights and urged the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to occupy the airport to internationalise the issue.
“Police have tightened security arrangements after inputs were received that Sikhs for Justice has threatened to disrupt operations of two Air India flights scheduled for London tomorrow,” said Rajeev Ranjan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IGI Airport.
“Though the airport is a secure place but based on the inputs received by the police adequate security arrangements have been made for the safety of passengers,” said the DCP.
SFJ, which has been pushing for Sikh Referendum 2020 as part of its separatist agenda, was banned by the government for its alleged anti-national activities.
