Page 13 - Bomb Threat Calls

Caller threatens to blow up SBI office in Mumbai; police initiate probe

A call threatening to blow up the State Bank of India office in Mumbai's Nariman Point and kill the bank chairman was received at the branch, police said

Moscow-Delhi flight arrives safely after bomb threat; search underway

Situation at Indira Gandhi International Airport became chaotic after the Delhi Police received a PCR call about a bomb in a flight that was coming from Moscow

Bomb threat onboard Iranian plane over Indian airspace; IAF jets scrambled

According to sources, inputs were received by security agencies in Delhi about the possibility of a bomb on board, which triggered an alert and permission was not granted to the plane to land in Delhi

Email threat to blow up IndiGo flight turns out to be hoax, case registered

A case was registered after an unidentified person sent an email to the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) threatening to blow up a flight of IndiGo airline, a Mumbai police official said on Sunday. The email threat, which was received on Saturday night, turned out to be a hoax after nothing suspicious was found post a thorough check of the aircraft, the Sahar police station official said. The email had a sentence that read "I will blow up flight 6E 6045", he said, adding that an FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code section 506B (issuing death threat) and other offences. IndiGo, in a statement, said "due to a specific bomb threat, IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad was impacted on October 1, 2022." "The bomb threat protocol was initiated and the flight operated after all the checks were completed," the airline said in its statement, though it did not share details like the number of passengers on board, flight number and delay in departure due to the ...

Security agencies on alert after bomb hoax via email at Mumbai airport

Security agencies have been put on alert after an email was received at the Mumbai international airport warning about a bomb on an IndiGo plane, police officials said

Singapore Airlines' San Francisco flight bomb threat verified to be false

Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) announced on Wednesday that a bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33 from San Francisco has been verified to be false

Gurugram's Leela Hotel evacuated after bomb threat call; search underway

A call about a bomb threat sparked panic at a hotel in Gurugram on Tuesday and a search is on to trace it, police said. The call was received at Leela Hotel in the Ambiance Mall complex around 11:35 am. The police were immediately informed following which bomb disposal and dog squads reached the hotel and evacuated it, sources said. A senior police officer said that the threat call to the hotel was made from a mobile number which was found switched off. "The search is on and the police are trying to identify the caller," the official added.

Bomb hoax at five-star hotel rattles Mumbai cops for third time in 5 days

A threat to blow up a five-star hotel near Mumbai airport turned out to be a hoax, though the Mumbai Police again went into a high alert mode for the third time in barely five days

Central agencies looking into hoax bomb threat: Karnataka Home Minister

The home minister, however, did not specify which central agency is involved in the investigation

Six Bengaluru schools get bomb threats mails, police gets on duty

Following this, the premises were emptied and the police rushed to the schools along with bomb disposal and dog squads and carried out search operations.

Multiple US colleges, universities receive bomb threats: Reports

Nothing was found on any of the campuses that received threats, university officials said

Bomb threat call from CRPF headquarters in Delhi; declared hoax

A bomb threat call was reported from the CRPF headquarters in Delhi evening which was later declared a hoax, officials said.

Al-Qaeda outfit's claim of bomb scare in Delhi bogus: Delhi police

Delhi police said that they have found the claims of terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, an Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist militant group, regarding the Ghazipur Mandi bomb scare, as bogus

Multiple unfounded bomb threats made at Ivy League campuses, say officials

Multiple unfounded bomb threats were made over the weekend at Ivy League campuses, university and law enforcement officials said.

Poland's largest airport 'Warsaw Chopin' evacuated over bomb threat

The evacuation of passengers has started from the Warsaw Chopin Airport over a bomb threat, Dagmara Bielec-Janas, spokesperson for the Polish Border Guard, told reporters

High alert at Kanpur district & session court over serial bomb blast threat

The sender identified himself as an alleged victim of corruption in the judiciary and member of the Akhil Bhartiya Nishad Manch and claimed to have planted bombs inside the civil courts

High alert in Delhi HC after bomb threat, cops, SWAT teams on the spot

Delhi Police, SWAT teams, fire tenders and the bomb squad immediately have reached the spot

Air India receives bomb threat

On Wednesday IndiGo received threat call at its call centre in Chennai