CISF apologises to Sudha Chandran after she tags PM Modi in her post
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has issued an apology to actress and renowned Bharatnatyam dancer Sudha Chandran regarding the ETD procedures that are conducted at the airports for people with an artificial attachment to their bodies.
Sudha recently took to her Instagram to share a video of hers making an appeal to Prime minister Narendra Modi. In the clip, she can be seen requesting PM to issue a specific card to senior citizens like her so that they can avoid being “grilled” by the airport authorities.
For those unversed, long ago, the actress lost one of her legs in an accident but returned to acting and dancing again using a prosthetic foot.
In her post, the 56-year-old actress expressed her experience of going through the security procedure every time she has is here for a professional visit. She said that everytime she is at the airport she is asked to remove her artificial limb and show it to them, which is very disrespectful and hurtful. In the caption she writes, “Totally hurt ….each time going thru this grill is very very hurting….hope my message reaches the state Nd central govt authorities….and expecting a prompt action …..”
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Actor Karanvir Bohra later re-posting Sudha Chandran’s video on his Instagram feed, extended his support and wrote, “I totally agree with you #sudhaji there should be a facility made for such situations.”
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Responding to Sudha’s complaint, CISF tweeted to ETimes, “We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms. Sudhaa Chandran. As per protocol, prosthetics are to be removed for security checks only under exceptional circumstances.”
They further added, “We will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms. Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics. We assure Ms.Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitised again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers.”
We will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms. Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics. We assure Ms.Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitised again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers. 2/2
— CISF (@CISFHQrs) October 22, 2021
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