CISF apologises to dancer Sudhaa Chandran after she is asked to remove prosthetic limb at Mumbai airport
The Hindu
Ms. Chandran has made an “humble appeal” to PM Narendra Modi to make provision for a certificate or a card that can be displayed by specially-abled people for easy security checks.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Friday apologised to noted dancer and actor Sudhaa Chandran after she said she felt disheartened and humiliated when she was recently asked to remove her artificial limb during the security check at an airport.
“We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms. Sudhaa Chandran. As per protocol, prosthetics are to be removed for security checks only under exceptional circumstances. We will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms. Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics.”
“We assure Ms. Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitised again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers,” tweeted the CISF, which is tasked to provide a counter-terrorist cover and frisk passengers and their luggage at 64 civil airports of the country.
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