New Delhi: Security has been beefed up at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a bomb threat email to Delhi Police. Subsequently, the IGI police station cautioned Airport Operations Control Centre about terrorist outfit Al Qaeda planning to attack the airport.
The IGI police said that the terror group is planning to put a bomb at the airport in 1-3 days.
As per an official statement by the airport, after investigation the threat was found “non-specific” and Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was terminated from the airport.
“On Saturday, IGI police station informed Airline Operations Control Center (AOCC) at the airport about a bomb threat e-mail received with the subject of planned bomb blast by Al Qaeda Sargana at IGI airport stating that Karanbir Suri alias Mohamad Jalal and Karanbir Suri’s wife Shaily Sharda alias Haseena are coming to India on Sunday from Singapore and plan to put the Bomb on IGI in 1-3 days,” the IGI airport said.
“However, an extra alert has been sounded and all security measures have enhanced at IGI Airport,” the statement said.
On examination of the threat mail, Security Operations Control Centre (SOCC) found that a similar threat message was received in the recent past with the same names of the couple and on the similar language of the threat.
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