Yana Mir: Kashmiri journalist and activist Yana Mir has claimed that she faced insult during bag scan at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. At the same time, now Delhi Customs has said that Yana Mir felt unnecessarily insulted when asked to scan the ban at IGI Airport. Customs says bag scanning is done regularly for international passengers and no one is above the law.
Yana Mir recently came into limelight due to her speech given in the British Parliament in London. He strongly condemned the propaganda being carried out by Pakistan to tarnish India’s image on the international stage. Mir said that he is completely free in Kashmir. However, when she returned to India, she posted a video in which she said that her bag was checked by customs officials at the airport. He termed it unnecessary.
What did Delhi Customs say?
Delhi Customs released a video and expressed its views on Yana Mir’s claim of bag checking. Customs said, ‘Bag scanning of international passengers is done routinely. Other passengers placed their luggage inside the scanner without any hassle. But Yana Mir felt bad unnecessarily. During this, the customs employees behaved politely. Privileges are not above the law. The videos tell the whole story. Customs has released a video in its response to show support.
Bag scanning of international passengers is done routinely. While other paxs put their luggage inside the scanner without any fuss
Ms. Yana Mir felt needlessly offended. Staff remained courteous throughout.Privileges are not above law. The footage tells the story. pic.twitter.com/vpwn4MMVQt— Delhi Customs (Airport & General) (@AirportGenCus) February 26, 2024
Customs said in another post, ‘When Yana Mir was requested to get her bag scanned, she did not cooperate at all. As can be seen in the video, his luggage was finally picked up for scanning by the airline staff and customs officials.
You can see CLEARLY IN THE FOOTAGE
as soon as i was told to scan i went to the machine.
High handed, arrogant, entitled, govt employees thought its below their dignity to help me put the heavy suitcase on the machine, or help me put it back in the trolley.— Yana Mir (@MirYanaSY) February 26, 2024
What did Yana Mir say?
However, replying to Delhi Customs’ post, Yana Mir said, ‘You can see in the video, as soon as I was asked to scan, I went near the machine. The arrogant government employees felt that it was against their dignity to help me put the suitcase on the machine or put it back in the trolley.
What is the whole matter?
Actually, on Monday, Yana Mir had shared a video, in which her bag was being scanned. While sharing the video he said, ‘How was I welcomed in India. Madam get your bag scanned, why do you have a Louis Vuitton shopping bag? Did you pay them? Where are the bills? What Londoners think of me: Indian media warrior. Whereas what does Delhi Customs think of me: Branded smuggler. This video of his had become very viral. Only after this Delhi Custom has presented clarification on this.
