Airports on high alert, security stepped up across south India

Chennai: Following an alert of possible terror strike in airports in Kerala, security has been stepped up at all airports across south India, since Wednesday midnight, airport sources said here.

Following the heightened security, visitors’ entry into the airport has been banned with immediate effect till January 31, sources added.

Central agencies had warned about a possible attack by militants at Kochi and Kozhikode (Calicut) airports in Kerala, after which Bureau of Civil Aviation Security had decided to go for maximum security at airports.