Customs vs Security – Colombo echoes in Chennai?
It was only on Friday that DDT reported about the altercation between Security and Customs in Colombo airport which sent the Customs on a flash strike and within a couple of days it is echoed across the ocean in Chennai. PTI reports that heated arguments were witnessed at the International Airport in Chennai on Saturday night between security and customs department personnel after a customs official, who was not in uniform and his friend, were denied entry into the airport. Normalcy was restored and customs work in the airport, which was affected for about an hour, resumed after the airport Manager rushed to the spot and pacified both groups. Airport is perhaps a place where you go for an ego trip and sometimes one has to trip on one’s ego. DDT spoke to the Customs officer in charge of Chennai airport late Sunday night and he said there was no problem; it was only a small misunderstanding and everything is sorted out. May be CISF and Customs belong to a cozy family and only nosey journalist intrudes and gives a bad picture.