During the investigation, the Mumbai Police found out that the accused had sent similar hoax threat messages to the police of other states. He belongs to Jharkhand and was nabbed in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
The flights for which bomb threats have been received include IndiGo, Vistara, Akasa and Air India. In the last 9 days, bomb threats have been received by more than 150 flights operated by Indian airlines.
The threat email was received on Friday at Vadodara Airport. The email also mentioned a bomb scare for Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Bhuj. The threat turned out to be a hoax eventually.
A senior police official said an email containing a bomb threat against the Delhi to Dubai flight was received at the DIAL office of the IGI Airport. This prompted the official to check the entire flight.
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.
Union Home Secretary's directions comes after multiple emails of bomb threats alarmed the schools of National Capital on May 1. The threats were later turned out to be hoax. However, the incident raised security concerns and need for effective preventive measures.
Security was increased and Hyderabad Police rushed a police team to the airport and conducted a detailed search operation but did not recover anything, officials said.
Delhi: The threat was received by the Amrita School via email at 6:35 am.
Delhi-Pune Spicejet flight hoax bomb call: "On Jan 12, a call was received at SpiceJet reservation office of a bomb in the aircraft scheduled to operate flight SG 8938 (Delhi-Pune). The boarding for flight had not yet started. The aircraft was moved to an isolation bay," the spokesperson said.
Punjab news: Police on investigation found that it a hoax bomb threat was made by two students, due to upcoming exams.
Bengaluru: As news about the bomb threat spread, panic-stricken parents rushed to the school to enquire about safety of their children.
After conducting a thorough check it was ascertained that the threat was a hoax bomb call. Security has been tightened on the airport premises after the incident. Further investigations are underway.
A 22-year-old man onboard a Delhi-Patna flight was apprehended on Monday for allegedly making a hoax call to Delhi's Police Control Room.
The Delhi Police has written to telecom service providers to trace the UAE caller who made a "hoax bomb call" to the office of an airline at the Delhi airport, police said on Friday. Police were informed about a "bomb in flight which is coming to Delhi" call at around 6 pm on Monday.
During the interrogation, Akhtar Khan confessed of sending hoax message to take revenge from Sajid, who is an admission agent in the Central school. He took Sajid's mobile number from his Aadhaar number to send fake messages.
Firozpur(Punjab), Oct 30: Mumbai-bound Punjab Mail was stranded for about two hours here on Saturday night following a hoax bomb scare created by an inebriated man. The Firozpur-Mumbai train was scheduled to depart at 9:45
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