Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed with a guard of honour by women police at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Wednesday last.
Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan along with other delegates were received at the airport by Governor Om Prakash Kohli, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Mayor Meenaxiben Patel and ministers like Nitin Patel, Vasuben Trivedi and Bhupendrasinh Chudasma as Xi's Air China plane landed around 2.40 pm. Some of them had reached the air port half an hour before Xi's planed touched down.
Senior IPS officers like Munindersinh Puwar of ATS and Himanshu Shukla of Crime branch supervised the security arrangements at the airport.
Various cultural performances from across Gujarat and bagpiper band from Maninagar Swaminarayan Gaadi Temple were also seen welcoming Xi Jinping at the airport.
Bearded man questioned
A man standing just opposite the VVIP gate at the airport with a small cloth bag was questioned by the cops on duty. He identified himself as Mohammad Harun H and said that he worked as helper with SM Electric Works. He was asked by the cops why he was standing there. He showed the cops his equipment and explained his work following which he was allowed to stand there.
Roads blocked, people suffer
As soon as Xi and his delegates left for the hotel in Vastrapur from the airport, all roads he was passing by were blocked by the cops. People had to wait at the crossroads until the delegates' convoy had gone at least 1 km past them.
