Bomb hoaxes keep security personnel at airports on toes

NEW DELHI: Days aft the blast adjacent Red Fort, successful which 9 radical were killed and 30 injured, information agencies were connected Wednesday thrown into a tizzy aft IndiGo received a connection threatening that 5 airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, would beryllium blown up wrong 24 hours.The weaponry disposal squad, on with occurrence section personnel, instantly launched an extended hunt cognition astatine IGI Airport that continued for respective hours. The menace was aboriginal declared a hoax.This came connected a time an Air India Express craft en way from Mumbai to Varanasi received a weaponry threat.An authoritative said IndiGo's grievance portal received a connection astatine 3.14pm saying, "Indian Airports volition beryllium attacked wrong 24 hours - Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Trivandrum." Security agencies, including the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), were soon alerted. BTAC termed the menace "non-specific". The occurrence department, which received a telephone astir 4pm, dispatched 3 occurrence tenders to the spot."After the blast adjacent Red Fort, information was already stepped up crossed airports. However, it was further strengthened aft the threat. After checking, thing was found," said different official.