Threat e-mail to blow up 13 airports across country, search on

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New Delhi, May 13, 2024: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Sunday received an e-mail, threatening to blow up as many as 13 airports across the country. The bomb threat e-mail was received at the CISF office at 3.05 pm, following which a search operation was launched. Nothing suspicious was found.

 

The bomb scare at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Bhopal, Patna, Jammu, and Jaipur airports caused panic. However, following the investigation, the bomb threat assessment committee declared the threat as ’non-specific’.

"Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow, and other airports received a threatening e-mail regarding explosive devices at 3.05 pm. The security team of CCSAI Airport conducted a thorough inspection of the entire airport. After the inspection, the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee declared the threat as ’non-specific’," the official statement read.

Apart from inspection and screening, Lucknow Airport is taking additional steps to ensure the safety of passengers, it added.

Earlier today, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) and over 10 hospitals received bomb threats via email. The Delhi Police later said that the threat was a hoax and a further probe was carried out to find out the miscreants who sent the email.

Earlier this month, bomb threats were sent to around 100 schools in Delhi, two in Noida and one in Lucknow on May 1, which later turned out to be a hoax. The threats were sent to the schools using a Russian email service.

Courtesy: India Today