Police also had to ascertain whether there was a terror angle to it, he said, adding that service providers were not able to help either due to the use of the VPN.
A bomb threat at Dwarka Sector 23’s Delhi Public School created panic after an email was received late Thursday. Authorities launched a search operation; classes shifted online.
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.
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.
A team of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) and police immediately reached the spot. Police, bomb disposal squad, and dog squad, along with DFS personnel started a search operation on the entire premises of schools.
Over the last 9 days, nearly 170 flights, domestic and international, have received bomb threats. These threats turned out to bo hoaxes but caused widespread panic and financial losses to airlines.
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.
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.
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 bomb threat to Akasa Air flight comes in the wake of multiple similar incidents in the last three days. On October 15 and 16, three flights received bomb threats each day.
Since the past few months, the bomb threats for the flights have increased. On Monday and Tuesday alone, several domestic and international flights of Air India and IndiGo received threats. Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Monday also convened a meeting with senior officials.
The aircraft is currently stationed at the IGI Airport, and all standard safety protocols are being diligently followed to ensure the safety of passengers and crew on board.
A letter threatening bomb blasts at several railway stations and religious places in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was received at the Hanumangarh railway station, prompting security personnel to swing into action.
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.
After receiving the information about the incident, Firozpur Police reached the spot and the area was cordoned off. The officials said the passengers were safely evacuated before launching a search operation.
A bomb scare in Nangloi, Delhi, occurred after a suspicious bag was found on a DTC cluster bus. The Delhi Police received a call about the bag and, upon investigation, discovered an object resembling a timer bomb.
In the past two months, there have been at least seven instances of hospitals, schools, colleges, museums, railway establishments, prisons and government offices getting bomb threats via email that were sent using virtual private networks (VPN) or proxy servers.
A police officer said that an e-mail threat stating bomb was planted in the premises was received on the official email address of the Rail Museum on Tuesday.
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.
IndiGo bomb scare: The plane was thoroughly checked and after finding nothing suspicious, it was allowed to go to Mumbai, the sources said.
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