New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and over half a dozen authorities hospitals in Delhi obtained bomb threats via electronic mail on Sunday, sending authorities on the respective institutions right into a tizzy. Soon after the bomb threats, a search operation was launched in any respect locations.
According to Delhi Police, IGI Airport obtained a bomb risk via electronic mail from an unidentified account on Sunday afternoon. The sender threatened the presence of an explosive system contained in the premises.
Similar emails had been obtained at two authorities hospitals, together with Burari Government Hospital, and Mangolpuri’s Sanjay Gandhi Hospital on Sunday afternoon.
The Delhi Police swiftly acted upon receiving the data relating to the threatening emails and began an investigation.
“Bomb threat emails received at Burari Government Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri this afternoon, and search operation underway,” DCP North Manoj Meena mentioned. “IGI Airport also received a bomb threat email,” he added.
While Delhi Police and Fire Services Department groups had been finishing up search operations at these locations, 5 different authorities hospitals within the nationwide capital additionally reported receiving bomb threats via emails on Sunday night, prompting a search operation in any respect places concurrently.
The record of those hospitals consists of — Dada Dev Hospital in Dabri, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital in Hari Nagar, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Dilshad Garden, Hindu Rao Hospital of Malka Ganj, and Aruna Asaf Ali Govt Hospital of Rajpur Road.
“Delhi Fire Services department and Delhi Police got information through PCR call, bomb squad, dog squad team have been sent to all these places,” Police mentioned. “Checking for any suspicious activity is underway at these hospitals. Nothing has been found yet,” they added.
These bomb risk emails come almost two weeks after a number of faculties in Delhi-NCR obtained bomb threats by way of electronic mail. According to the Delhi Police, a complete of 131 faculties obtained risk emails on May 1. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an official assertion calling the e-mail a ‘hoax.’Â
