Days after over around 200 schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb threats, at least eight hospitals and the Indira Gandhi International airport in the national capital, too, received similar threats via email on Sunday evening.
The bomb threats were reported from IGI Airport Terminal-3, Burari Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Dabri's Dada Dev Hospital and Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital in Civil Lines.
#WATCH | Delhi: Bomb threat email received at Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri, search operation underway: Delhi Fire Service
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Police have launched a search operation, but nothing suspicious has been recovered so far from any of the locations.
The bomb threats were first reported from Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri. Soon after other hospitals, too, claimed to have received similar e-mails.
In a statement, an official at the Burari Hospital said, "At around 3 pm, we received an email regarding a bomb in the hospital. After this, all the safety measures had been thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received such an email."
Deputy Commission of Police (IGI) Usha Rangnani said the IGI airport authorities received the threat email at 6 pm.
"The Security Operations Control Centre at IGI Airport has received a threat email concerning an explosive device within the premises. Enhanced security protocols are now in effect, and safety measures have been intensified. Legal action has been initiated. No suspicious items have been found as of now," he said.
On May 1, around 200 schools in Delhi received bomb threats via email, which the Union Home Ministry later confirmed to be a hoax.
"Delhi Police has conducted thorough check of all such schools as per protocol. Nothing objectionable has been found. It appears that these calls seem to be hoax. We request the public not to panic and maintain peace," it had said.
The Chacha Nehru Hospital in Delhi's Shahdara had also received a bomb threat via email on the same day.
