Home secretary’s meeting on immigration process lapses at Delhi airport postponed

- September 15, 2026
| By : PTI |

Home ministry postpones meeting on procedural lapse allowing 3 Italians to fly out via Delhi without completing immigration

Delhi airport

A meeting called by the home ministry on Tuesday with Air India and other stakeholders to discuss the incident of alleged procedural lapses that resulted in three Italian passengers taking a connecting flight from the Delhi airport without completing immigration process has been postponed, according to sources.

The incident happened on September 4 when the three passengers had taken a flight from Amritsar to Delhi and subsequently boarded a Lufthansa flight from Delhi to Munich. However, they did not complete the immigration process at the Delhi airport.

To discuss the incident, a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Govind Mohan was scheduled for Tuesday.

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The sources said the meeting has been postponed. The reason for the postponement could not be ascertained.

On Monday, sources had said Secretary and Additional Secretary at the civil aviation ministry, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Additional Secretary (UT and Foreigners) at the home ministry, Bureau of Immigration (BoI) Commissioner, Air India CEO and Delhi airport CEO were expected to attend the meeting.