Delhi Public School in RK Puram received a bomb threat for the second day in a row. This marks third bomb threat incident in the national capital this week.
Following the incident, an FIR was filed at the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) Marg Police Station against unidentified individuals.
The fire department, police and bomb detection teams, along with dog squads, have reached the schools and are conducting checks.
Assam: On Thursday, at around 11:00 am, the City Police Control in Guwahati received a telephonic call from the 112 Shillong Police. The caller, using a mobile number, informed the 112 Shillong Police that they were planning to blast a bomb at the Railway Station in Paltan Bazar, Guwahati.
An FBI spokesperson said the bureau is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees and is working with its law enforcement partners.
This incident adds to a rising number of false alarms, with Mumbai Police registering 14 FIRs related to airline bomb threats this month alone. Investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those responsible for the disruptions.
In 12 days, more than 275 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats. Most of the threats were issued through social media.
Three hotels in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, received bomb threats via email, leading to extensive searches by local police and sniffer dogs. Authorities confirmed the threats were a hoax. Investigations are underway to trace the source of the threats linked to drug kingpin Jaffer Sidiq.
Hoax bomb threats: In the last few days, more than 250 flights, domestic and international, have received bomb threats. These threats turned out to bo hoaxes but caused widespread panic and financial losses to airlines.
Investigations are underway to assess the credibility of the threats and determine their origin. As a precaution, several flights were delayed, and airports across the country have stepped up security measures.
The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats, the sources in the know said.
The bomb threats to CRPF schools followed an explosion near a CRPF school in Delhi on October 20. Following a blast near the school in Delhi's Prashant Vihar, officials recovered a white powder-like substance.
70 bomb threats in a week caused a huge loss to the airlines, adding hardships to hundreds of passengers as well as staff at airports.
Earlier today, five flights of IndiGo, one each of Vistara and Air India Express received bomb threats leading to emergency landings of the aircraft in some cases. In a few days, 40 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats.
Earlier on Wednesday, seven flights of IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa received similar bomb threats. Prior to that, nearly a dozen flights operated by Indian carriers received similar threats on Monday and Tuesday.
Airlines bomb threats: According to officials, as many as 19 flights have received bomb threats in three days and a Riyadh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Muscat due to the threat.
The Police swung into action after nearly a dozen Indian flights, including some international flights, received bomb threats in the last two days. However, nothing suspicious was found in the planes and these threats turned out to be hoaxes.
The US reaction came after Singapore was forced to scramble fighter jets to escort an Madurai-Singapore Air India flight after receiving a bomb threat. Prior to that, an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago diverted to Iqaluit airport0 in Canada on Tuesday following a similar threat.
Bomb threat at several Rajasthan railway stations including Hanumangarh, Jaipur, and Jodhpur. Security forces conduct searches after letter allegedly from Jaish-e-Mohammed. Police investigation underway.
The threat call created chaos at the airport but security personnel controlled the situation. A Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad team launched an extensive search operation at the airport. On the other hand, Bhopal police arrested the accused.
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