Threat call at Mumbai airport sends police into tizzy
MUMBAI: Flyers and all those who visited Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Tuesday were frisked thoroughly while entering and leaving the premises.
A bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were pressed into action after a multimedia call warning threat to the life of 19 officials from the department was received.
The alleged threat call was received at around 9 am by the city police traffic control room, claiming that the lives of 19 persons are in danger, said the Sahar police.
The call was received by the traffic police constable Ratnesh Palande (32) when he was on duty in the control room. Palande relayed the message immediately to the Sahar police.
