After Bomb Threat At Mumbai Stations, Delhi Police Receives Mail To Blow IGI Airport; Security Beefed Up

Delhi IGI Airport Bomb Threat: All concerned agencies have been informed and duty personnel have also been put on high alert at the IGI airport as per the standard operating procedure.

Delhi IGI Airport

New Delhi: Security has been beefed up at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after the IGI police station in Delhi received an e-mail threatening a possible bomb blast at the airport by the terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda.

The IGI Airport in an official statement said, "On Saturday, IGI police station informed Airline Operations Control Center (AOCC) at the airport about a bomb threat e-mail received with the subject of planned bomb blast by Al Qaeda Sargana at IGI airport stating that Karanbir Suri alias Mohamad Jalal and Karanbir Suri's wife Shaily Sharda alias Haseena are coming to India on Sunday from Singapore and plan to put the Bomb on IGI in 1-3 days."

As per the official statement, after investigation, the threat was found "non-specific" and Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was terminated from the airport. However, all concerned agencies have been informed and duty personnel have also been put on high alert at the IGI airport as per the standard operating procedure.

According to ANI report, the anti-sabotage check was carried at all terminals of IGI Airport, access control, vehicle checking at entry nakas and patrolling of the AOR were intensified. BTAC was also convened.

A similar threat message was received in the recent past with the same names of the couple and on the similar language of the threat. Taking a note of repeated threat, the Delhi police has been asked to probe the threat messages.

It must be noted that the incident came hours after Mumbai Police Control Room received a phone call on Friday night threatening that bombs have been placed at four locations across Mumbai, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Byculla Station, Dadar Station and residence of actor Amitabh Bachchan.

After search and probe, it was found to be a hoax call however, heavy police deployment has been put in place at all the mentioned location.