Jaipur airport receives bomb threat via email, security beefed up

The security agencies on Tuesday jointly conducted a thorough investigation at Jaipur airport following the bomb threat

Jaipur airport in Rajasthan received a bomb threat on Tuesday following which the security was beefed up at the airport, the officials said, according to the PTI.

The security agencies on Tuesday jointly conducted a thorough investigation at Jaipur airport following the bomb threat, according to the PTI.

The police and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) searched the premises after the airport management received a bomb threat via email.

"The airport was thoroughly checked but nothing suspicious has been found so far," the police said, the news agency reported on Tuesday.

The airport authorities received similar threats in April.

Earlier in the day, a private college also got a bomb blast threat which turned out to be a hoax.

Vistara Paris-Mumbai flight gets bomb threat; lands at airport amid emergency alert

Meanwhile, earlier this month, a Mumbai-bound Vistara flight from Paris received a bomb threat after which a full emergency was declared at the city airport prior to its arrival in city, a source had earlier said, reported the PTI.

The flight had 306 persons onboard. It landed at around 10:19 am on Sunday, the source had earlier told the PTI.

Vistara had on June 2 reported that its," flight UK 024 from Paris' Charles de Gualle airport to Mumbai received a hand written note on an airsickness bag threatening a bomb," said the source, as per the PTI.

Following the information, full emergency was declared at 10:08 am, as per the source, who added that the flight landed at 10:19 am.

"There were 294 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Paris-Mumbai flight," the source said, according to the PTI.

Vistara had in a statement confirmed that "a security concern has been noted by our staff while onboard the airline's flight UK 024 operating from Paris to Mumbai on 2 June 2024."

Following the protocol, the airline immediately informed the relevant authorities, a Vistara spokesperson said in the statement.

It also said that the flight has landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and the airline is fully cooperating with the security agencies for all the mandatory checks, the news agency had reported.

(with PTI inputs)

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