A threatening letter claiming to blow up a temple was found at Pokhran railway station. The railway staff discovered the letter and promptly handed it over to the police.
Indigo released a statement informing about the diversion of its flight due to a bomb threat. The aviation company said that all passengers disembarked and mandatory security checks took place.
Trichy bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs were rushed to the school to search for the bomb while the school declared a holiday because of the bomb threat.
A specific security alert was detected on Air India flight AI657 during cruise from Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram on August 22. Crew carried out all the laid down security drills keeping passenger safety as top priority.
Several major shopping malls in Delhi, including Select CityWalk and Ambience Mall, received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, claiming explosives were set to detonate within hours. Delhi Police responded by deploying Bomb Disposal Squads and fire tenders to the locations.
Assam's DGP G P Singh has announced a ₹5 lakh reward for credible information leading to the identification of those involved in the ULFA(I) bomb plot.
The emails to the two malls and several hospitals came three months after similar hoax bomb threats were sent to multiple schools in the Delhi-NCR region.
A passenger at Cochin International Airport was detained after making an alarming comment about a bomb in his bag to a CISF officer. The incident led to a thorough security check, which found no threat. The passenger was handed over to local police for further investigation.
The police said the case is linked to a July 16 incident, wherein an email was issued under the name of the proscribed terrorist organization 'Al-Qaeda' to Bihar CM's office and threatened to blow up the premises.
The ATS registered a case and immediately launched an investigation into the matter. Security has been ramped up in the area.
Delhi bomb threat: A private school in the Greater Kailash area of south Delhi received a bomb threat via email. Thorough checking was done by a bomb detection team and nothing suspicious was found.
The mail was received by the Kendriya Vidyalaya school located on the IIT Indore campus on July 17. The authorities promptly informed the police. The police conducted searches and launched a probe.
As soon as the Vistara flight landed in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, the airlines informed the police about the bomb threat.
Investigations determined that the call was placed by Suhaib (29), a resident of Kondotty in Malappuram district, who was supposed to board the AI 149 flight to London. Suhaib, accompanied by his wife and daughter, was stopped by airport security personnel at Cochin Airport's international.
The airports put into action contingency plans and carried out anti-sabotage checks following recommendations of their respective Bomb Threat Assessment Committees, the sources said.
An online group called "KNR" is suspected to be behind these hoax threat emails. The group reportedly issued similar emails to several schools in the Delhi-NCR on May 1.
A Chandigarh police official said they were searching the premises of the mental health institute but nothing has been found so far. Besides police personnel, bomb disposal squad and fire department officials have been deputed at the site.
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) office received an email at 10.50 pm on Tuesday stating that a bomb had been planted in the Delhi-Toronto Air Canada flight.
An Akasa Air flight, en route from Delhi to Mumbai on June 3, 2024, was carrying 186 passengers, 1 infant, and six crew members onboard.
Vistara on Sunday reported that its," flight UK 024 from Paris' Charles de Gualle airport to Mumbai received a hand written note on an airsickness bag threatening a bomb," said the source.
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