Unattended cash bag causes bomb scare at Delhi metro station

A bag with Rs 1.15 lakh in cash, left behind by a commuter, today caused a bomb scare at a airport link metro station here.

Officials said the incident was reported from the IGI airport station at about 2:45 PM when a CISF official spotted the unattended bag at the x-ray baggage scanner.

He immediately informed his superiors and a bomb detection and disposal team was called in.

However, nothing suspicious was found in the bag and a cash of Rs 1.15 lakh, a laptop and a cheque book were recovered from it, they said.

The bomb alert was called off after few minutes, they said.
 

CISF officials later went through the CCTV footage and saw a man placing the bag for scanning but not picking it up later.

"After sometime, a Patna-based commuter came back to claim the bag. He said he had forgotten it on the x-ray machine as he was in a hurry. The bag was handed over to him after checking the bona fides," they added.