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August 18, 2024 11:52 ISTThe 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.
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.
This was the second such incident on the IndiGo flight in a week. Earlier on May 28, an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Varanasi had received a bomb threat early morning. However, it had turned out to be a hoax.
An IndiGo flight from Chennai made an emergency landing in Mumbai after a bomb threat. All passengers were safely disembarked, and the aircraft is currently undergoing inspection.
A bomb threat hoax targeting a Srinagar-bound Vistara flight led to swift action from airport authorities and security forces, ensuring passenger safety and resuming normal operations after thorough checks.
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The bomb threat was received at 5:35 am after which the officials swung into action. The flight was moved to isolation bay to conduct a search operation. According to an official, the threat turned out to be hoax.
Taj Hotel and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport are the latest buildings in the long list that received bomb threat. In a month over a hundred schools in Delhi-NCR, three five-star hotels in Bengaluru and North Block (Offices of several ministries) got a similar threat.
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