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To tackle crime, cops tell businesses near IGI Airport to install CCTVs

The order stated that strict compliance is required from managers and owners of the commercial establishments at Aerocity from November 2 to December 31.

Published on: Nov 6, 2025, 04:26:06 IST
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New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday directed all the hotels, restaurants, petrol pumps and other commercial establishments near IGI Airport to install CCTVs with sufficient number of cameras to cover a 50-metre radius and storage system of at least 90 days.

Police said a proper entry/exit record of users must be maintained (HT photo)
Police said a proper entry/exit record of users must be maintained (HT photo)

In the order dated October 31, it said that there have been “heinous incidents like murder, rape, robbery, etc, on the streets and in hotels, guest houses, restaurants, petrol pumps and banquet halls in Delhi in the past, causing loss of life and property.”

The order stated that strict compliance is required from managers and owners of the commercial establishments at Aerocity from November 2 to December 31.

Signed by ACP (Palam IGI) Pradeep Kumar Meena, the order states that the police aim to take swift measures to prevent any threat to human safety and to prevent untoward incidents that could disturb peace and tranquility in the area.

“The CCTVs must monitor every entry and exit and any other movement in the area concerned. The owner/manager of the establishment must ensure that the CCTV system is in order, and in case any defect is noticed, immediate action to get it rectified should be taken” the order reads.

Any suspicious activity must immediately be informed to the police, it added.

Police said any person contravening this order shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 223(a) (disobedience of orders by a public servant) of the BNS.

 
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Jignasa Sinha

Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.

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