Page 3 - Hoax Bomb Call

Hoax bomb threat evacuates TCS campus in Bengaluru; ex-employee suspected

This is the second incident of a fake bomb threat being made at the IT firm by disgruntled former employees this year

Passenger claims bomb in bag; Pune-Delhi flight makes emergency landing

The flight finally departed for its original destination around 6 am today after the bomb claim turned out to be a hoax

Bomb hoax in Air India aircraft at Amritsar airport triggers panic

Panic gripped the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport here when staff cleaning an Air India aircraft reported a bomb threat on Monday. However, it later turned out to be a hoax. Two hours after flight AI-170 arrived from London's Gatwick Airport, the staff cleaning it found a paper slip with "bomb" written on it in the aircraft's toilet, the Punjab Police said. The plane had arrived with 187 passengers on board, the authorities said. The airport authorities reported the matter to the Central Industrial Force and the aircraft, which was then in the hangar, placed in isolation, the police said. Officials said the plane was searched for three hours but no explosives were found. An airport official said the flight departed for Gatwick from Amritsar with 240 passengers.

Maharashtra man makes threat call to Mumbai Police about bombing, arrested

The Mumbai police control room on Sunday morning had received a threat over the phone from an unidentified caller. The caller claimed the possibility of a serial blast in a local train

Goa's Manohar International employee arrested for bomb hoax call: Police

A 22-year-old man working at the Manohar International Airport in Goa was arrested for allegedly making a hoax call about a bomb at the airport on Saturday afternoon, police said. The police control room received a call around 4.45 pm informing about the planting of a bomb "at airport", said North Goa district Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valsan. Both the airports in the coastal state Manohar International Airport at Mopa and Dabolim Airport, Vasco were put on alert, but the bomb warning turned out to be a hoax. Mopa police traced the call to Kundan Kumar who is currently working at Manohar International Airport, the SP said. Kumar, who hails from Bihar, confessed to making the call in an inebriated condition, he said. A First Information Report was registered against Kumar under Indian Penal Code sections 505 (1)(b) (causing fear or alarm to public), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) and 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication). The accused was arrested and .

Delhi school gets another bomb threat email, turns out to be hoax

However, the threat was found to be hoax and during the search nothing suspicious was found in the school

Hoax bomb call at Google office in Pune; caller held in Hyderabad

Google company's office in Maharashtra's Pune city was briefly put on alert after it received a call about a bomb in the premises which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Monday. A man, who allegedly made the call in an inebriated state, has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended from there, they said. "The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune's Mundhwa area, received a call late Sunday night that a bomb was kept in the office premises," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said. After being alerted, Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out extensive searches, he said. "The call later turned out to be a hoax. The caller has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended. He allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition," the official said. Further investigation is on into the incident, he added.

Running late, IAF Sergeant makes hoax bomb call to catch train; held

A man, working as sergeant at the IAF, has made a hoax bomb call to the police control room to stop the Mumbai-bound Rajdhani Express as he was getting late to catch the train, the police said

Ticketing agent held for making hoax bomb call in SpiceJet Delhi-Pune plane

After receiving the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections, they said

Received hoax call about bomb on Delhi-Pune flight on Thursday: SpiceJet

On Thursday, a call was received at the SpiceJet reservation office about a bomb in the aircraft scheduled to operate flight SG 8938 (Delhi-Pune)

Antilia bomb case: Bombay HC grants bail to Mumbai cop Riyazuddin Kazi

The Bombay High Court granted bail to suspended Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Kazi who is currently lodged in jail in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case

American man charged with assaulting crew, making bomb threat on SIA flight

A 37-year-old American man has been charged in a Singapore court with assaulting cabin crew and making a hoax bomb threat aboard a Singapore Airlines flight travelling from San Francisco. Singapore police were alerted on Wednesday to an alleged bomb threat on board flight SQ33 from San Francisco to Singapore. The man was restrained by the crew, and police subsequently arrested him for making false threats of terrorist acts and for the suspected consumption of controlled drugs. The plane landed safely at Changi Airport at about 5.50 am, under the escort of Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16C/D fighter jets. "Preliminary investigations indicate that during the flight, the man had allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on the plane and grabbed another passenger's luggage from the cabin's overhead compartment," the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a statement on Thursday. A member of the cabin crew who tried to intervene and restrain La Andy Hien Duc was allegedly assaulted, s

Hoax bomb call triggers panic at Leela Ambience hotel in Gurugram

The police were immediately alerted after which a dog squad and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) rushed to the spot and evacuated people from the hotel.

Student arrested for hoax bomb threat to cancel exams at Amritsar school

One student has been arrested for a hoax bomb threat at a school in Amritsar on Monday

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

Bomb hoax triggers panic at Bengaluru airport; sends officials into tizzy

The security apparatus at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru went into a tizzy in the wee hours of Friday following a hoax call about the presence of a bomb.

Man's call about threat at Mumbai airport sends police into tizzy

An unidentified person made a threat call to the Mumbai police's traffic control room and claimed that the lives of 19 people were in danger, an official said

Delhi airport receives hoax bomb threat, operations affected for 70 minutes

A bomb threat call for Terminal 2 was received by Delhi Police at 8.49 pm on Monday

US-based firm's CEO held for hoax bomb call at Mumbai airport

The CEO of the US-based IT firm made the call to disrupt the Delhi flight schedules so that he could get a late night flight to Rome from the New Delhi airport if his travel from Mumbai got delayed