NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 -- A security screening at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport took an unusual turn on Monday when CISF personnel spotted what appeared to be a human skull concealed inside a passenger's hand baggage, senior officers said. The passenger later told the personnel that it was a monkey skull, but police are awaiting a report from the wildlife department to ascertain the nature of the object.

The passenger was scheduled to fly from Delhi to Hyderabad when the object was detected during screening. When questioned, he told the CISF personnel that it was the skull of a monkey, the force said.

The unusual find prompted the CISF to hand the passenger over to the local police amid suspicion that the object could be linke...