Hoax bomb threat: Hyderabad flight diverted to Mumbai; RGIA police registers a case

HYDERABAD: An IndiGo formation from Kuwait to Hyderabad aboriginal Tuesday was diverted mid-air to Mumbai aft the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) astatine Hyderabad received an email menace of a suicide-bomb attack.

It turned retired to beryllium a hoax and flyers reached Hyderabad connected different formation by the relation later.RGIA constabulary registered a lawsuit connected a ailment made by GMR Airport officials. In his complaint, Mohammed Abdul Wasay, GM (security and vigilance) of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), cited 2 messages received astatine 5.12am and 7.04am connected Dec 2.Sent from anonymous mail2tor addresses and copied to respective GMR and Kuwait Airways work IDs, the mails said anti-social elements planted remote-controlled explosives aboard the craft and intended to detonate them connected landing.

The senders demanded RGIA authorities divert the craft and evacuate terminal buildings. The crippled is sanctioned by a “fatwa”, the senders said.On receiving the mail, metropolis airdrome information squad alerted the authorities and the formation was diverted to Mumbai. It took disconnected from Kuwait astatine 1.31am and landed successful Mumbai astatine 7.45am. After a thorough check, the Mumbai airdrome information unit declared the menace a hoax. Flyers yet reached Hyderabad astatine 3.46pm.RGIA constabulary registered a lawsuit nether sections 351(4) (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) and 353(2) (statements conducing to nationalist mischief) of the BNS and conception 66(D) of the IT Act.