Overview
- Around midnight on November 16, a man charged at two taxi drivers with a long knife near the Terminal 1 arrivals lane at Kempegowda International Airport.
- CISF personnel led by ASI/Exe Sunil Kumar quickly overpowered the attacker, recovered the weapon, and prevented injuries to passengers or staff.
- Police identified the accused as Sohail Ahmed, registered a case under the Arms Act, and remanded him to judicial custody.
- CISF shared video of the intervention on X, providing visual documentation of the incident and response.
- A preliminary CISF inquiry indicates the act may have been retaliation for an earlier dispute, with the formal investigation continuing under KIA Police.