Wife of a Korean diplomat posted here was today intercepted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) for entering the terminal by allegedly using a special pass issued to the spouse of another senior official from the same embassy, police said.
The incident occurred at 2:00 AM today after CISF and immigration officials detected that the Korean lady, wife of a diplomat posted at the Korean Embassy here, had entered the terminal-III of IGIA using a Airport Entry Pass (AEP) which was issued in the name of another lady, wife of a senior diplomat from the same Embassy, officials said.
The officials and police refused to divulge to which embassy the North Korean or South Korean embassy the husband of the lady belonged.
After preliminary probe, it was found that both the ladies bore resemblance and hence after the first got inside the terminal area, she reportedly sent her personal AEP outside the airport through someone, using which the other lady came inside the arrival area, they said.
The ladies had come to receive a guest from Beijing and after the senior lady departed, the second was asked to undergo some formal procedures by police authorities after which she was also allowed to go, officials said
"No case has been registered in the incident. It was a case of mistaken identity," they added.
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