Home Sec Meeting on Delhi Airport Immigration Lapses Postponed

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Sep 15, 2026 18:45

A Home Ministry meeting to discuss immigration process lapses at Delhi airport, involving three Italian passengers, has been postponed. Key officials were expected.

Home Sec Meeting on Delhi Airport Immigration Lapses Postponed

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A Home Ministry meeting concerning alleged immigration process lapses at Delhi airport has been postponed.
The meeting was called to discuss an incident where three Italian passengers bypassed immigration.
The incident involved passengers flying from Amritsar to Delhi and then to Munich without completing Delhi immigration.
Top officials from civil aviation, intelligence, home ministry, and airport authorities were expected to attend.

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) A meeting called by the home ministry on Tuesday with Air India and other stakeholders to discuss the incident of alleged procedural lapses that resulted in three Italian passengers taking a connecting flight from the Delhi airport without completing immigration process has been postponed, according to sources.

The incident happened on September 4 when the three passengers had taken a flight from Amritsar to Delhi and subsequently boarded a Lufthansa flight from Delhi to Munich. However, they did not complete the immigration process at the Delhi airport.

To discuss the incident, a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Govind Mohan was scheduled for Tuesday.

The sources said the meeting has been postponed. The reason for the postponement could not be ascertained.

On Monday, sources had said Secretary and Additional Secretary at the civil aviation ministry, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Additional Secretary (UT and Foreigners) at the home ministry, Bureau of Immigration (BoI) Commissioner, Air India CEO and Delhi airport CEO were expected to attend the meeting.

Source: PTI By Rediff Money Desk, New Delhi

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