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By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Updated: March 29, 2018 7:04 pm
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The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is the government-mandated paramilitary force that guards 59 civil airports in the country and charges a security fee in lieu of protecting these sensitive facilities against terror and sabotage threats.

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...airport-for-carrying-satellite-phone-5116169/

A Tourist was detained by Kutch West police after officers of Central Industrial Protection Force (CISF) found a satellite phone in his possession when he checked-in at Bhuj airport for boarding a flight on Thursday morning. Police said a Person of Indian Origin went to Bhuj airport in Kutch early on Thursday morning. “However, during frisking, CISF found a satellite phone of Irridium brand in his possession. Use of this phone is prohibited in India. Therefore, the CISF handed over Demond to police,” NV Khat, police inspector of Special Operation Group of Kutch (west) police told The Indian Express.

Police said the CISF found 56-year-old in possession of the phone when he arrived at Bhuj airport at 8:10 am. “He had come to Kutch as a tourist. This morning, he went to the Bhuj airport to board a flight for Mumbai. During frisking however, the CISF found him carrying the banned satellite phone. Therefore, he was prevented from boarding the flight and the matter was reported to police,” Khat added.

A non-cognisable offence under Section 6 of Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act and Section 20 of Indian Telegraph Act was registered at A Division police station in Bhuj in this regard at 12:30 and the SOG was asked to conduct an inquiry. “We shall approach the court seeking permission to interrogatea Person of Indian Origin as to for how many days he had been camping in Kutch ad what places he had visited in the district,” the police inspector said adding police were questioning the foreign citizen.

Section 6 of Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act deals with possession of unauthorised wireless apparatus while Section 20 of Indian Telegraph Act deals with establishing, maintaining or working unauthorised telegraph. Police sources said that Person of Indian Origin had his roots in south Gujarat.
 
It’s only a matter of time before satellite phones are standard...just like in the late 1970’s when cell phones were rare and considered non-essential.
 
i am sure india allows satellite phones if the tourist files for a permit
 
Satellite phones are permitted only with specific permission from Department of Telecom. Presently use of specific type of INMARSAT terminals are only permitted. Both Iridium and Thuraya are illegal in India. On top of it NTRO has capabilities to detect, intercept and record communications, Infact GMR1 and GMR2 encryptions are also been cracked.

And yes getting permit is also nightmare. Yet there is limitations, permit is not given for various sectors like Punjab, J&K, North-East States and also the coastal areas of Gujarat, Tamilnadu and border districts of Rajasthan
 
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The foreign tourists who come to Republic of India even bring military grade lap top's and on that the Chinese telecom equipment in which 12 to 15 Sim Cards are inserted have been recovered from spy cell in Madhya Pradesh and even military grade cell phones which was shortly after the train derailments in Republic of India.
 
aby ja yaar a satellite phone is not a bomb man . Govs all over the world wanna control even our pajama ka naara . :rolleyes:
 

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