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This is an archive article published on June 19, 2024
Mumbai: Colleges, hospitals, airport receive bomb threats
According to the police, a South Mumbai college received a threat mail on Tuesday morning. The mail said that explosives had been planted at the institute, and also at 40-50 other colleges in the city.
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In the third instance, an email was sent to airport authorities at around 3pm on Tuesday. It was sent from an id exhumedyou888@gmail.com. An officer said, “In the email, the sender warned of explosives planted at the airport, saying the bombs could explode soon.”
Several institutions in the city have received threat mails in the past few days.
According to the police, a South Mumbai college received a threat mail on Tuesday morning. The mail said that explosives had been planted at the institute, and also at 40-50 other colleges in the city.
An official said that the necessary searches were carried out but nothing was going. No FIR was registered in the matter.
In the second instance, on Sunday, a Powai based hospital in the city received a threat by email indicating that bombs had been planted at that hospital. The mail said bombs had also been planted at 50 hospitals in the city.
In the third instance, an email was sent to airport authorities at around 3pm on Tuesday. It was sent from an id exhumedyou888@gmail.com. An officer said, “In the email, the sender warned of explosives planted at the airport, saying the bombs could explode soon.”
The CISF and BDDS conducted a search but when they found nothing suspicious, the operation was called off.
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