Jeypore: The station manager of Jeypore airport in Odisha’s Koraput district has been taken into custody by the police for allegedly stabbing a security personnel after getting annoyed over frisking at the entry gate.
As per information, Jeypore Sadar police arrested the accused, identified as Behera Chandu (27), on charges of attacking Rajesh Kumar Sahu (34) with a sharp metal object on Wednesday.
Sources said Rajesh, a havildar of OSAP 3rd battalion in Koraput, was on a duty with other security personnel at the airport’s entry gate when station manager Behera arrived in a car and approached the entry gate.
Havildar Sahu stopped him for the mandatory security check and sought to know why he was going inside when the lone scheduled flight from Bhubaneswar had been cancelled, TNIE reported.
Behera reportedly refused to undergo the frisking on the grounds that he was the airport station manager. When Rajesh denied him entry without the mandatory check, the accused allegedly abused and assaulted him with a sharp iron object. The havildar suffered injury in the attack.
On hearing the commotion, other security and airport staff reached the spot and brought the situation under control. The injured security personnel was rushed to the district headquarters hospital (DHH) at Jeypore for treatment.
After getting information, a police team visited the airport for investigation. Jeypore Sadar IIC Sachindra Pradhan said police questioned the airport staff and other eyewitnesses about the incident. The accused station manager was subsequently taken into custody.
On the basis of a complaint lodged by the havildar, police arrested Behera under different sections BNS. The accused was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody, police said.
