The police on Tuesday said that a Dubai-bound plane that was scheduled to take off from Delhi received a bomb threat via email, adding to the series of hoax call incidents hitting the national capital. According to the Delhi Police, the bomb threat was received on Monday at 9:35 AM.
What did the police say about the bomb threat?
The police stated that on June 17 at 9:35 AM, an email was received in the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) office at IGI Airport with the threat of a bomb inside a Delhi-Dubai flight. Further, they informed that, after receiving the threat, necessary legal action was taken and nothing suspicious was found. Before this week, several bomb threats were received in the Delhi Museum, which later turned out to be bogus.
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Was this the first time that Delhi received a bomb threat?
The officials stated that bomb threats were sent to around 10–15 museums, including the Railway Museum in Delhi, via emails. The police reached the spot after receiving the information. After the investigation, the officials found that the email was a ‘hoax’ and no bomb was found in the museum.
The Hoax Bomb Threat Pandemic
The institutions, schools, colleges, hospitals, and airports, in the national capital have received hoax bomb threats lately. Two Delhi University colleges also received hoax bomb threats in May. In the same month, over 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR region received hoax bomb threats.
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Five bomb threats in Delhi-NCR
The high court has sought a detailed status report from the Delhi government on the hoax bomb threat email incidents in private schools. On May 17, the Delhi High Court, in connection with the recent hoax bomb threats in the national capital, stated that five bomb disposal squads had been deployed and 18 bomb detection teams were also present in each district, at IGI airport, railway, and metro.
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