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Tycoon Wadia detained at airport
Published on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 14:05, Updated on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:36 in India section
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New Delhi: GoAir and Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia was detained at the Dubai airport on January 13 for carrying an undeclared pistol which had escaped security screening at Mumbai airport.
Wadia carried a pistol and 30 cartridges aboard Air India flight 717, flying from Mumbai to Dubai, without declaring it to the airline or Customs officials.
The pistol was in his baggage, which went through the regular security checks at Mumbai airport, but was noticed only at Dubai. Wadia was detained and questioned for three hours in Dubai and was released after he showed his arms licence and Air India's regional director intervened.
Wadia was supposed to travel by another airline on January 13, but could not take that flight and at the last minute booked on an Air India flight scheduled to take off at 3 pm.
He didn’t have time to go home and pack his bags, so he asked his domestic help to send his luggage to the airport directly. There were two similar looking bags in a cupboard: one had Wadia’s toiletries and the other the pistol.
The help reportedly made a mistake and sent the bag carrying the pistol with the rest of the luggage. Wadia did not check his baggage and took it to Dubai.
Wadia has the status of a Commercially Important Person, which gives him certain privileges at the airport but not exemption from frisking.
Two baggage clearance employees have been suspended at the Mumbai airport, which is under the security cover of the Central Industrial Security Force.
Wadia could now be charged under Aircraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods Act.
Air India refused to comment but Bombay Dyeing officials privately admitted the incident, which they said was a mistake.
The Prime Minister, President and the Chief Justice of India are the only people in the country who are not frisked at the airport.
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You seem to be having unfrettered loyality to Wadia for some reasons & that is why you are taking so
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Wow! Will any other person be simply forgiven if they were to be caught with a gun and live ammunition
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It is hard to imagine what ulterior motive Wadia would have.Foolish,yes, criminal ,NO.What is the big deal here?Just because he
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Wadia shoud come out with better story- like Sanjay Dutt--"I have to take care of daughter(18+ and in US above
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It is illegal to carry arms without proper declaration. In this case, Wadia was travelling to a foreign country. He
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