Bengaluru Airport Replies After Woman Asked To Remove Her Shirt During Security Check Up

Long queues at the airport are quite frustrating at times, but imagine the situation if you are a woman and someone asks you to literally strip during the security check-up. This infuriating incident happened recently at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport. The woman tweeted her ordeal and asked for an explanation from the airport authorities about why was she humiliated like that. But the tweet was apparently deleted as the passenger’s account has been deleted. Here is what happened.

A woman named Krishani Gadhvi on Tuesday alleged that she was asked to take her shirt off during the security check at the airport

She explained that the experience was ‘humiliating’. While narrating her ordeal on the microblogging site Twitter, she contested why the Bengaluru airport requires a woman to strip during a security check-up.

As she has to remove her shirt she had to stand at the security checkpoint wearing only a camisole that gathered unwanted attention at the checkpoint.

The displeased passenger mentioned in the now-deleted tweet,

“I was asked to remove my shirt at Bengaluru airport during security check. It was really humiliating to stand there at the security checkpoint wearing just a camisole and getting the kind of attention you’d never want as a woman. @BLRAirport Why would you need a woman to strip?”

Her tweet grabbed the attention of several internet users, including the Bengaluru airport, here is what they said,

The accused airport voiced their regret and assured that the issue has been escalated to the security team, they replied back,

“Hello @KrishaniGadhvi, we deeply regret the hassle caused and this should not have happened. We have highlighted this to our operations team and also escalated it to the security team managed by CISF (Central Industrial Security force) a Government sovereign.”

They also requested Gadhvi’s contact information to know about the details of the incident.

“Kindly DM your contact details for our team to connect with you at the earliest”

As the woman did not mention her travel details, it is not clear if Gadhvi was traveling domestically or internationally. International passengers are being screened for Covid-19 at the Kempegowda International Airport. Home quarantine has been made mandatory for those traveling from six countries including China and Japan.

Take a look at how the netizens reacted to the woman’s unpleasant experience at the airport

Hi Krishani. Hope you are doing okay.
I am Shivani Kava, a reporter from The News Minute. Please DM your contact number, so we can discuss this for a report.

— Shivani Kava (@kavashivani) January 4, 2023

This is so unacceptable!! What was the reason for this selective treatment @BLRAirport ??

— Azhar (@Azhar34_) January 4, 2023

They have taken down her account. That’s so disgusting.

— Not So Popular (@niteshgaur4_7) January 4, 2023