A bomb threat email received at Hyderabad’s Begumpet Airport on Wednesday triggered a high alert. Security teams conducted extensive checks, later confirming it was a hoax. Police have launched an investigation to trace the origin of the threat.
Hyderabad: Security agencies in the city went into a high alert mode on Wednesday after a bomb threat email received by the authorities at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on Wednesday. After thorough checks the information was declared a hoax.
According to the Begumpet police, some unknown persons had sent an email to the Begumpet airport informing about a bomb planted at the airport premises. On receiving the information the airport’s chief security officer immediately alerted the Hyderabad police who rushed anti sabotage and detection teams to the premises.
The security agencies launched extensive checks, with bomb detection and disposal teams deployed at the site. After thorough checking the authorities declared it a hoax.
Efforts are on to identify the persons who sent the email.
