Delhi airport, hospitals get bomb threat days after scare at schools; search on.

Bomb threat in Delhi: Multiple teams of bomb disposal squads and fire tenders were dispatched to hospitals and Delhi airport. Delhi airport and several hospitals in the national capital were targeted with bomb threats via email on Sunday, prompting authorities to deploy multiple bomb disposal squads and fire tenders. The Burari Hospital was the first to report the bomb threat at 3.15pm, according to fire officials. “An email was received at Burari Hospital regarding a bomb threat. Local police, bomb squad, dog squad were rushed to the spot. Teams are checking the hospital. Nothing suspicious has been found yet,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said. The second call came from Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital around 4.26pm. Police later revealed that eight to 10 other hospitals, including Hindu Rao Hospital, received similar threat emails. Delhi fire services chief informed that the call regarding the bomb threat at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was received at around 6.15pm. “We received a call around 6.15 pm about a bomb threat at IGI Airport. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot,” Garg said. This incident follows closely on the heels of a recent spate of similar threats in Delhi and Ahmedabad. Just days ago, more than 130 schools across Delhi-NCR received identical emails, alleging the presence of explosives on their premises. The threats led to widespread panic, resulting in immediate evacuations and thorough searches of the educational institutions. The Delhi Police approached Russian mailing service company Mail.ru via Interpol to trace the exact source of the e-mails. An FIR was registered against unknown persons stating that the intention of the bomb hoax e-mails was to create mass panic and disturb public order in the national capital. The hoax bomb threats also promoted the Union home ministry to call for a detailed protocol and standard operation procedures (SOP) to deal with such situations. Earlier this week, the home secretary asked the Delhi Police and schools to coordinate closely to avoid any unnecessary panic due to misinformation.