Mumbai, October 22: After actress and baharatnatyam dancer Sudhaa Chandran complained to PM Narendra Modi about being asked to remove artificial limbs every time at the airport, Central Industrial Security Force responded to her complaint and issued an apology.

 

On October 21, the actress, who is specially abled and uses a prosthetic leg, was flying for work purposes when she was stopped by the security personnel. Sudhaa, felt hurt and shared her ordeal of going through security 'grills' each time. The 56-year-old Sudhaa Chandran had lost her leg in an accident on May 2, 1981. She had returned to dancing and acting again using a prosthetic foot.

 

Chandran took social media account and posted a video revealing that how she was asked to remove her prosthetic limb during the security check. She said that the process of opening her prosthetic leg is painful and airport authorities have been requested every time to use ETD (Explosive Trace Detector) but to no avail.

 

She asked PM Modi to issue senior citizen cards so that people belonging to that age group do not have to face hassles while checking in through airport security.

  

 

“Good evening, this is a very personal note that I want to tell our dear Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, this is an appeal to the central government, I am Sudhaa Chandran, an actress, and dancer by profession, who has danced with an artificial limb and created history and made my country very proud of me,” Chandran said in a video post on Instagram.

 

“But every time that I go on my professional visits, each time, am stopped at the airport and when I request them at the security, to the CISF officers that please do an ETD (Explosive Trace Detector) for my artificial limb, they still want me to remove my artificial limb and show it to them. Is this humanly possible, Modi ji? Is this what our country is talking about? Is this the respect that a woman gives to another woman in our society? It is my humble request to you Modi ji that please give senior citizens a card that says they are senior citizens,” she further added.

 

Responding to Sudhaa's complaint, Central Industrial Security Force issued an apology saying, "We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms. Sudhaa Chandran. As per protocol, prosthetics are to be removed for security checks only under exceptional circumstances."

 

 

 

"We will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms. Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics. We assure Ms.Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitised again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers," CISF added.

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