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A bomb detection and disposal team, along with a dog squad, are at the spot. The airport premises is being sanitised. The panicked passengers took to Twitter and informed that they were not allowed to exit the arrival terminal for some time.
The Delhi Police said a call was received around 1 am, following which the bag was found at the arrival gate number two of Terminal-3.
“The bag was removed with the help of CISF and shifted to another place. It has not been opened yet. It seems like there are some electric wire inside it. We have increased the security of the airport premises, “ said Sanjay Bhatia, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport).
The incident caused panic among passengers who were not allowed to exit the terminal for sometime, sources at some airlines said.
The roads outside the high-security complex were also blocked, they added.
Prasanta Patnaik