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The Hindu
19-05-2025
- The Hindu
U.S. national arrested from Puducherry airport for carrying satellite phone
The Lawspet police have arrested a US national for carrying a satellite phone while trying to board a flight from Puducherry Airport. Police identified the national as Rachel Anne Scott, a resident of Missouri. She is a doctor and had come to visit a friend in Puducherry. While boarding an Indigo flight for her travel to Hyderabad, airport security personnel noticed the presence of a satellite phone in her bag. As carrying a satellite phone in our country was illegal, we took her into custody for questioning, Senior Superintendent of Police, Law and Order, R. Kalaivanan said. 'She was not aware of the illegality of carrying satellite phone without an authorisation from the competent authority. A case has been registered under the Telecommunication Act. The phone has been seized from her custody,' the officer said.
India Today
19-05-2025
- India Today
US doctor stopped from boarding at Puducherry airport for carrying satellite phone
A US-based ophthalmologist was stopped from boarding at the Puducherry airport for carrying a satellite doctor, identified as 32-year-old Rachel Anne Scott, was reportedly in the union territory to visit doctors at Aravind Eye Hospital. She was reportedly carrying an Iridium satellite had also visited Madurai in Tamil Nadu and several other yet-to-be-ascertained places earlier. She was stopped from boarding a Hyderabad-bound flight after airport authorities found the satellite phone upon police were informed who have initiated an phones like Thuraya and Iridium are banned in India without prior permission from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).On January 30, 2025, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed all airlines flying into India to announce this ban in-flight and inform passengers through overseas offices and in-flight including foreign nationals, must not carry or use such devices without written approval as unauthorised satellite phones will be confiscated, and carriers may face legal action. The UK recently updated its travel advisory, warning citizens they could be fined or arrested for carrying satellite phones in enforces some of the world's strictest telecom rules due to security concerns. Recent cases include the detention of US nationals at Dehradun and Chennai
