Mangaluru airport on high alert after explosives found in bag

Mangaluru International Airport was put on high alert as security agencies found explosives in an unclaimed bag in its premises on Monday. The explosive material, which was found in the bag, was diffused later.

PS Harsha, Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru, said that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the airport found an unclaimed bag, and followed the security protocol to handle it.

Mangaluru Police, which was informed about the unclaimed bag, put the bomb disposal and detection squad into action to handle it. The squad, which secured the bag, put it in a threat-containment vehicle. It was taken to an open space at Kenjar, around a km away from the airport to be diffused.