Hijack,bomb threats send Ahmedabad airport securitymen into a tizzy

The second call was received at the desk of Indian Airlines,which threatened that a blast will take place at the airport.”

He added: “All the security agencies,including CISF,Bomb Disposal Squad,Dog Squad and city police,were alerted immediately. They launched search operations on both the airports and the Jaipur-bound aircraft. But nothing objectionable was found.”

He said that except for the Jaipur-bound aircraft,no flight was delayed in the wake of the incident. The flight was scheduled to take off at 4 pm,but itwas delayed by one-and-a half-hours and took off at 5.30 pm.

Bhagat further said that while one call was made from a local PCO booth,the second number could not be traced,as the caller’s number did not appear in the Caller ID screen.

Deputy Commissioner of Police,Zone IV,B R Pandor said that the first call was made around 3 pm and the caller identified himself as one Mr Bansal,an employee of a private bank.

“He said he had heard two persons talking of hijacking a Jaipur-bound flight. The second call was registered at 3.45 pm and the caller gave his identity as Majid Khan,” Pandor said. “We have registered a case in this regard with the Sardarnagar police station and investigations are on to trace the callers.”