Man sneaks into airport from departure gate, dodging six security points

Man caught sneaking into Mumbai airport for second time in a week, dodging six security points before arrest while trying to board Dubai-bound flight.

MUMBAI: For the second time in a week, a man was caught trying to sneak into an airplane at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) without a ticket. This time, the man even dodged up to six security points before being caught right before boarding.

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The accused, Mohammad Isa Alam, 22, was arrested by the Sahar police.

The incident occurred early on Thursday when he was caught by security personnel in front of a boarding gate. The airline staff had informed security of a person trying to board a Dubai-bound flight without any documents, ticket or boarding pass.

“We later learnt that he was a student from Bihar who had come to visit his relatives in Mumbai. He somehow reached the airport and entered through a departure gate a little before midnight on Wednesday,” informed an official from the Sahar police.

In the CCTV footage that the police later saw, he was seen entering through a departure gate at 11.42 pm on Wednesday. He made his way to the boarding gate around 1.51 am on Thursday.