Delhi: After school bomb scare, threat mails to hospitals, IGI airport send police into a tizzy
Bomb threat sent Delhi police into a tizzy on May 12, the second time in a matter of weeks after the school bomb hoax. The Indira Gandhi International Airport and two hospitals in the capital city got bomb threats via email on Sunday, which led to frenzied searches at the locations.
The two hospitals are Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri. Responding to the incidents, the Delhi Police quickly launched an investigation.
Delhi fire service said that Indira Gandhi International Airport also received a bomb threat email.
Officials received the first call at 3:15 pm from Burari Hospital, followed by another from Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital at around 4:26 pm, media reports said.
«Bomb threat email were received at Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri, search operation underway,» Delhi fire service issued a statement.
«An email was received at Burari Hospital regarding a bomb threat. The local police and Bomb Disposal Teams (BDT) are at the hospital, checking for any suspicious activity. Nothing has been found yet,» news agencies reported quoting Delhi Police.
A few days ago, a large number of schools (as many as 131, according to some reports) in Delhi and Noida received bomb threat mails, which caused huge panic among students, parents and the authorities.
Following the school scare episode, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an official statement calling the email a «hoax.» An official MHA statement said, «There is no need to panic. The
