Telangana: Hoax mail triggers bomb scare at Hyderabad Airport

29 August,2023 03:20 PM IST |  Hyderabad  |  ANI

A bomb hoax triggered panic at Hyderabad`s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and led to a security drill

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A bomb hoax triggered panic at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and led to a security drill.

An email claiming a bomb was placed at Hyderabad Airport led to brief panic and triggered a security drill on Tuesday morning.

Security was increased and Hyderabad Police rushed a police team to the airport and conducted a detailed search operation but did not recover anything, officials said.

Later it was found that the bomb threat mail was a hoax and subsequently, an FIR was registered.

"We received information yesterday from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport officials that they have received threatening mail stating that there is a bomb in the airport. Immediately our team went and conducted a search, and nothing was found. We have registered a case and further probe is on," Hyderabad's RGIA Police said.

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