CISF Director General O P Singh said the "suspect item has been declared safe and there is nothing to worry about".
At 7.15 am, an X-ray image of a consignment of Maruti spare parts raised suspicion among the staff of the domestic cargo terminal, according to sources in the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
The terminal staff immediately alerted the CISF, who along with a team of BCAS and a bomb detection and disposal squad rushed to the spot.
The cargo, which was declared safe around 9 am by both the CISF and the bomb disposal squad, was to be loaded on a Delhi-Goa Vistara flight.
The cargo terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is guarded by private agencies but in case of a threat or emergency the Central Industrial Security Force and the police step in.