Agra airport Police on Monday told PTI that the threat of a bomb is email, due to increase in security, the police told PTI. Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Sonam Kumar said that the security of the airport filed a complaint about threatened emails on Sunday, after which a case was registered at Shahganj police station.

However, the complaint did not specify the details about the danger, the police said.

The DCP said, “Similar emails have also been received at other places, and we are in touch with the officials there. The airport premises are being investigated. The airport premises have been investigated, and nothing suspect was found,” said the DCP.
An FIR has been lodged under BNS Section 351 (4) (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and Section 66F of the IT Act. Officials said the police are working to detect the source of email and assess its credibility.

Similarly, on Monday, Jabalpur Airport in Madhya Pradesh received a threat of a bomb, which became a deception after the discovery of the campus, an official said on Monday.

Airport officials said an email threatening to blow the facility was received on Sunday, after which the premises were vacated and an investigation was started, Additional Superintendent of Police Suryakant Sharma said. “During the investigation, it was found that the mail was sent to 40 to 41 places simultaneously. Local police squad with the Central Industrial Security Force soon after the danger was attained.

The official said, “But no such (suspicious) thing was found. After this, the flights were operated on time,” the official said.

He said that all security measures have been taken at the airport and the situation is now normal.

Sharma said that the task of finding an unknown criminal has been entrusted to the cyber cell.