Agra airport received bomb a bomb threat email, prompting a rise in security, police told PTI on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Sonam Kumar said the airport security filed a complaint regarding the threatening email on Sunday, following which a case was registered at Shahganj police station.
However, the complaint did not specify the details about the threat, police said.
"Similar emails have been received at other locations as well, and we are in contact with officials there. A thorough investigation is underway. The airport premises has been checked, and nothing suspicious found," the DCP said.
An FIR has been registered under BNS Section 351(4) (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and Section 66F of the IT Act. Police are working to trace the source of the email and assess its credibility, officials said.
Similarly, on Monday, the Jabalpur airport in Madhya Pradesh received a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax after a search of the premises, an official said on Monday.
The officials of the airport informed that an email threatening to blow up the facility was received on Sunday, following which the premises was evacuated and an investigation launched, Additional Superintendent of Police Suryakant Sharma said.
"During the investigation, it was found that the mail was sent to 40 to 41 places simultaneously. It seems likely the work of some miscreant," he said.
The airport was checked with the help of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), dog squad, local police along with the Central Industrial Security Force immediately after the threat was received.
"But no such (suspicious) thing was found. After this, the flights were operated on time," the official said.
All security measures have been taken at the airport and the situation is normal now, he said.
Sharma said the task of finding the unidentified culprit has been assigned to the cyber cell.
However, the complaint did not specify the details about the threat, police said.
"Similar emails have been received at other locations as well, and we are in contact with officials there. A thorough investigation is underway. The airport premises has been checked, and nothing suspicious found," the DCP said.
An FIR has been registered under BNS Section 351(4) (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and Section 66F of the IT Act. Police are working to trace the source of the email and assess its credibility, officials said.
Similarly, on Monday, the Jabalpur airport in Madhya Pradesh received a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax after a search of the premises, an official said on Monday.
The officials of the airport informed that an email threatening to blow up the facility was received on Sunday, following which the premises was evacuated and an investigation launched, Additional Superintendent of Police Suryakant Sharma said.
"During the investigation, it was found that the mail was sent to 40 to 41 places simultaneously. It seems likely the work of some miscreant," he said.
The airport was checked with the help of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), dog squad, local police along with the Central Industrial Security Force immediately after the threat was received.
"But no such (suspicious) thing was found. After this, the flights were operated on time," the official said.
All security measures have been taken at the airport and the situation is normal now, he said.
Sharma said the task of finding the unidentified culprit has been assigned to the cyber cell.
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