Security breach at IGI airport: Man jumps boundary wall, roams on runway for half an hour

In a major security breach at the Indira Gandhi International airport only two days after the terrorist attack in Uri, a man carrying a bag scaled the perimeter wall of the airport on Tuesday morning and roamed around the runway area with a bag in hand, unnoticed for almost half-an-hour.

Sangram Singh, from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, crossed the Airport restricted area perimeter and walked up to the runaway undetected. He roamed the runaway until the alarm went off, half an hour later. 

His interrogation has not revealed anything suspicious.

A senior security officer at IGI airport said the intrusion was detected around 8am on Tuesday. "The security operations control centre (SOCC) reported that PIDS had raised an alarm about an intrusion. Security men were divided into teams and an instant manhunt was launched. Around 9.30am, the suspect was held near gate number 10, on city side area," he said.

Despite the alarm, Singh managed to walk back to gate number 10 of the airport, where he was apprehended by airport security. The Intelligence and CISF interrogated him and later handed him over top Delhi Police. 

Sangram Singh was in Delhi to catch a train to his hometown Sagar, MP. But what he was doing at the airport is still unclear.