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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Two Delhi hospitals, IGI Airport receive bomb threats

IN PHOTOS: Two Delhi hospitals, IGI Airport receive bomb threats

Updated On: 12 May, 2024 08:22 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

The Delhi Fire Services on Sunday said that two city hospitals and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats through email. Pics/PTI

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The Delhi Fire Services on Sunday said that two city hospitals and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats through email. Pics/PTI

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The Delhi Fire Services on Sunday said that two city hospitals and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats through email. Pics/PTI

The incident comes around 11 days after over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received a bomb scare of unprecedented scale

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The incident comes around 11 days after over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received a bomb scare of unprecedented scale

The bomb threats were reported from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Burari Hospital in the northern part of the city and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in outer Delhi, a senior official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said

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The bomb threats were reported from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Burari Hospital in the northern part of the city and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in outer Delhi, a senior official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said

The police sources told the PTI, the airport authorities received a threat email at 6 pm. After a call regarding the threat from Burari Hospital at 3 pm, local police, bomb squad, dog squad were rushed to the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said

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The police sources told the PTI, the airport authorities received a threat email at 6 pm. After a call regarding the threat from Burari Hospital at 3 pm, local police, bomb squad, dog squad were rushed to the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said

The teams that rushed to the spot checked the hospital but nothing suspicious has been found so far, the officials said

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The teams that rushed to the spot checked the hospital but nothing suspicious has been found so far, the officials said

In a statement, an official at the Burari Hospital said, "At around 3 pm, we received an email regarding a bomb in the hospital. After this, all the safety measures had been thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received such an email"

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In a statement, an official at the Burari Hospital said, "At around 3 pm, we received an email regarding a bomb in the hospital. After this, all the safety measures had been thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received such an email"

Sanjay Gandhi Hospital also received a threat email around 3 pm, according to officials

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Sanjay Gandhi Hospital also received a threat email around 3 pm, according to officials

"Soon after the call, we immediately pressed two fire engines at both the locations. Our teams are still there as the search operation is going on," a DFS official said

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"Soon after the call, we immediately pressed two fire engines at both the locations. Our teams are still there as the search operation is going on," a DFS official said

On May 1, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children

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On May 1, over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children

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