VISAKHAPATNAM: Even as the police are yet to determine why J Srinivasa Rao, the man who allegedly stabbed YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy at the Visakhapatnam airport on October 25, did what he is accused of doing, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) said on Monday that no permission was given to Fusion Foods owner and TDP leader Harshavardhan Prasad Chowdhary and the accused J Srinivasan Rao to have access to the aerodrome entry point of the Vishakhapatnam airport."The accused J Srinivas Rao had only obtained a temporary AEP (Aerodrome Entry Permit) for the period from 1st October 2018 to 30th October 2018 which gives him access only till check-in area of the departure terminal. Also, (the) restaurant was allowed to serve food only within the premises of the restaurant, not outside the allocated area for the restaurant," the BCAS said in a report on the incident."Director general (DG), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, responded via letter on November 8 to the questions raised in a letter dated October 30 by YSRCP national general secretary Vijayasai Reddy MP. The MP had written to the director general, BCAS, seeking to provide information and demand for thorough enquiry on the attack against YSRCP president Jaganmohan Reddy. The response by the DG-BCAS highlights that neither did Srinivas Rao or Harshavardhan applied for AEP permit nor was granted one," the report said.The report asserts that the BCAS response clearly addresses that Srinivas never had permission to access the VIP lounge. The letter also points out that Srinivas' criminal track record was also not shared to the BCAS by the restaurant. "Fusion Foods had received licence for catering in the departure area only of Visakhapatnam airport. In the area of departure there was another approval specifically for setting up a restaurant," it said.

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