Security agencies started checking the bag with their dog squad and had to vacate at least 100m around the spot, which lead to a traffic jam for 20 minutes at the western express highway." According to the officials from airport, at least 15 such unclaimed bags are found every month from the airport premises. Security guards also perform random checks inside and outside the terminal. The unclaimed bags were found while the authorities were busy in deploying more guards for the security of the airport.
This was following the terror attack on Pathankot air base in Punjab.. According to sources from security agencies, they recovered only clothes and two electronic devices from these bags. Immediately after this, around 12 pm, another unclaimed bag was found outside the domestic airport.A senior security official, from Mumbai international airport limited confirmed the incident and told The Asian Age, "A meeting of Central Industrial security force (CISF), representatives of all airlines, IB, Airport stake holders and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) was held and the decision of applying a red alert for seven days was taken keeping the Pathankot attack in mind." During a red alert, security agencies profile every passenger and if they find anyone’s behaviour suspicious, the CISF can ask any passenger to open their baggage for inspection.
Three unclaimed bags found at the international and domestic airport on Saturday kept security agencies busy the whole day and also resulted in traffic snarls on the western express highway. leave them in terminal or the city-side area China PP trolley case Manufacturers of airport. The discovery of these bags put the security agencies in a tizzy because earlier during the day, a high committee meeting had taken place at the airport where all the security agencies at the airport were put on red alert for the next seven days. Around 11pm on Saturday, two of the bags were found at the city side area and multi level parking building of the international airport, after which CISF and the bomb disposal and detection squad were called in.