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The Airport Sector (abbreviated as the APS) is one of the sectors of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a Central Armed Police Force of India. The sector is responsible for providing security coverage to civil airports in India under the regulatory frame work of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security , Ministry of Civil Aviation .
CISF started providing security to the Infosys Bengaluru campus on 31 July 2009. [10] The Infosys in Mysuru, the Reliance Jamnagar Refinery and the Delhi Metro Airport Express Line are the latest [when?] additions to the list of private sector establishments to be placed under CISF cover. Manish Kumar Rai, Assistant Commandant, led the first ...
The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968, is an act of the Indian Parliament through which the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was raised on 10 March 1969. . The CISF is a Central Armed Police Force which specialises in providing security and protection to industrial undertakings and other critical installations including nuclear plants, space centres and Delhi Met
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The airport is the home to the southern regional office of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), which is responsible for the security of flights. [54] The Airport Sector (CISF) provides security, including a dog squad for identification of narcotics and bomb disposal. [55] [56]
India stepped up its airport security after the 1999 Kandahar hijacking. The Central Industrial Security Force, a paramilitary organisation, is in charge of airport security under the regulatory framework of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (Ministry of Civil Aviation). CISF formed an Airport Security Group to protect Indian airports.
The security of Indian airports is ensured by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) through its Airport Sector. [42] Three Indian aircraft have been hijacked: 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking (1971), Indian Airlines Flight 427 (1993) and Indian Airlines Flight 814 (1999).
Cochin was the third international airport and the first private airport in the country to come under the cover of CISF in 2001, [citation needed] after the Government of India decided to hand over airport security to CISF in the wake of the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.