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Covid Stamp At Airport Caused Skin Burns To Ex-MP
By: Tupaki Desk | 5 Oct 2020 11:00 AM GMT
Former MP and Congress leader Madhu Goud Yaskhi on Sunday said he has skin burns and infection from the ink used for stamping international passengers at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport.
Passengers are stamped "home quarantine" on their hands by the Delhi state authorities when they are leaving the Delhi airport.
Yaskhi was marked when he landed at the airport from New York, on Saturday, to catch a connecting flight to Hyderabad.
He asked Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, on Twitter if he can "please look into the chemical being used at Delhi airport for stamping on passengers coming from abroad".
Hardeep Singh Puri replied: "Thank you for drawing my attention to this. A have spoken to CMD AAI (Airports Authority of India)."
After the complaint, the Delhi state authorities have started using a fresh batch of ink to stamp international passengers.
Passengers are stamped "home quarantine" on their hands by the Delhi state authorities when they are leaving the Delhi airport.
Yaskhi was marked when he landed at the airport from New York, on Saturday, to catch a connecting flight to Hyderabad.
He asked Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, on Twitter if he can "please look into the chemical being used at Delhi airport for stamping on passengers coming from abroad".
Hardeep Singh Puri replied: "Thank you for drawing my attention to this. A have spoken to CMD AAI (Airports Authority of India)."
After the complaint, the Delhi state authorities have started using a fresh batch of ink to stamp international passengers.
