The Delhi Fire Services said on Sunday that two hospitals in the city and the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport received bomb threats via email, PTI reported.
The incident arrives 11 days after over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb scare of unprecedented scale.
According to PTI, the bomb threats were reported from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Burari Hospital in the northern part of the city and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital on the outskirts of Delhi, a senior Delhi Fire Services official said ( DFS).
Police sources told PTI that the airport authorities received a threat email at 6 pm. After a call about the threat from Burari Hospital at 3 pm, local police, bomb squad and dog squad were rushed to the spot, deputy commissioner of police (north) MK Meena said.
Teams responding to the scene checked the hospital but nothing suspicious has been found so far, officials said, the news agency reported on Sunday.
In a statement, an official from Burari Hospital said: “At around 3 pm, we received an email about a bomb in the hospital. After this, all security measures were thoroughly checked and everything was stable. This was the first time we received that email,” according to PTI.
Sanjay Gandhi Hospital also received a threat email around 3 pm, according to officials.
“Soon after the call, we immediately mobilized two fire engines at both the locations. Our teams are still there as the search operation continues,” a DFS official said.
On May 1, more than 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, prompting mass evacuations and searches as panicked parents They rushed to pick up their children.
“Nothing objectionable was found” during searches by authorities, who later declared it a hoax.
He delhi policeThe anti-terror unit’s special cell has traced the email domain to Russia and is suspected to have been formed with the help of the dark web, encrypted online content that allows people to hide their identity and location from others.
(with PTI inputs)