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Banned pro-Khalistan outfit threatens to disrupt London flights on November 5; IGI Airport security tightened

Delhi's IGI Airport is on alert after a banned pro-Khalistan outfit threatened to disrupt two flights.

Banned pro-Khalistan outfit threatens to disrupt London flights on November 5; IGI Airport security tightened

A banned pro-Khalistan outfit has threatened to disrupt two Air India flights scheduled to leave for London on November 5, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The security has been beefed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi after the threat call by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).

The US-based SFJ has issued a call to boycott Air India flights and urged the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to occupy the airport to "internationalise" the issue, they said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said, "We have tightened security arrangements after we received inputs that Sikhs for Justice has threatened to disrupt operations of two Air India flights scheduled for London tomorrow." "Even though the airport is a secure place, based on the inputs we received, we have made adequate security arrangements for the safety of passengers," he said.

A meeting was also held with officials of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Air India and Delhi International Airport Limited on Wednesday to discuss the massive security arrangements put in place, a senior police officer said.

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Similarly, a meeting was held on November 3 (Tuesday) in this regard by CISF officials. Delhi Police officials also attended the meeting, he said. SFJ, which has been pushing for Sikh Referendum 2020 as part of its separatist agenda, was banned by the government for its alleged anti-national activities.