Bomb threat email triggers panic at Hyderabad airport; security clears scare after checks

Panic gripped Hyderabad airport after a bomb threat email was received on Monday. Security agencies conducted extensive checks and found no explosives. Police suspect a hoax and have launched an investigation into the source of the threatening message.

Hyderabad: Panic prevailed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) and its surroundings when a bomb threat mail was received by the airport authorities on Monday.

Following information from the airport authorities, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, local police and bomb squad reached the airport and took up checking for the presence of any explosive substances

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As per available information, the administrative wing officials had received a threat email on the official ID from an unidentified person claiming a bomb was planted in the luggage and threatened to blow up the airport at any moment.

The airport officials, staff and public heaved a sigh of relief when the security and police confirmed that there was no bomb after extensive checks.

The RGIA police are investigating from all possible angles. They suspect it to be a mischievous act.