Delhi: Bomb threat at IGI airport turns out to be hoax, but security heightened

Security agencies went into a tizzy ahead of Independence Day, after a bomb threat was received at the IGI Airport on Saturday evening.

Security agencies declared it was a “non-specific” threat, but arrangements remained heightened on Sunday.

According to the police, they received a bomb threat on Saturday in an e-mail. “The subject of the e-mail was reportedly a planned bomb blast by Al Qaeda Sargana. The e-mail stated that Karanbir Suri, alias Mohamad Jalal, and his wife Shaily Sharda, alias Haseena, are coming to India on Sunday from Singapore and that they ‘plan to place the bomb in IGI Airport in 1-3 days’,” a senior police officer said.