CISF takes over security at Ayodhya airport ahead of Ram temple consecration ceremony

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New Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) took over the security arrangements at the Ayodhya International Airport Tuesday after being roped in by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ThePrint has learnt...

Nearly 150 CISF personnel were deployed at the airport as part of an emergency security measure...

The officer highlighted that the batch of 150 personnel will develop into a full-fledged unit guarding the Ayodhya airport in the same manner as 67 airports under its security umbrella...

The CISF personnel will carry out similar duties such as frisking passengers, clearing baggage from security checks and increasing the overall security apparatus of the airport complex, the officer emphasized...

For now, its 150 personnel but it will be increased to nearly 250 personnel soon and the Ayodhya airport will be the 68th airport under our jurisdiction, another senior CISF official told ThePrint...

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