<p>New Delhi: Close on the heels of a similar threat to educational institutions, 41 airports across India on Tuesday received bomb threats over email and were declared a hoax after extensive anti-sabotage checks.</p><p>Officials said airport directors received identical emails from <a href="mailto:exhumedyou888@gmail.com">exhumedyou888@gmail.com</a> which read, "Hello, there are explosives hidden in the Airport. The bombs will soon explode. You will all die."</p>.Hoax bomb threat delays Dubai-bound Chennai flight.<p>Security officials conducted anti-sabotage checks and swept the terminals following the respective Bomb Threat Assessment Committee recommendations, officials said.</p><p>An online group called 'KNR', which reportedly issued similar emails to several schools in the Delhi-NCR on May 1, is suspected to be behind these hoax threat emails. </p>.<p>The departure of a Dubai-bound flight with 286 passengers from Chennai International Airport was delayed following the hoax bomb threat but an inspection ruled out any threat. In Delhi too, a Dubai-bound plane received a bomb threat via email but no bomb was found when the plane was checked, the officer said.</p><p>The airports in Jaipur, Nagpur, Varanasi and Patna among others also received similar threat emails.</p><p>Security was stepped up in airports across the country following the threat emails. (ENDS)</p>
<p>New Delhi: Close on the heels of a similar threat to educational institutions, 41 airports across India on Tuesday received bomb threats over email and were declared a hoax after extensive anti-sabotage checks.</p><p>Officials said airport directors received identical emails from <a href="mailto:exhumedyou888@gmail.com">exhumedyou888@gmail.com</a> which read, "Hello, there are explosives hidden in the Airport. The bombs will soon explode. You will all die."</p>.Hoax bomb threat delays Dubai-bound Chennai flight.<p>Security officials conducted anti-sabotage checks and swept the terminals following the respective Bomb Threat Assessment Committee recommendations, officials said.</p><p>An online group called 'KNR', which reportedly issued similar emails to several schools in the Delhi-NCR on May 1, is suspected to be behind these hoax threat emails. </p>.<p>The departure of a Dubai-bound flight with 286 passengers from Chennai International Airport was delayed following the hoax bomb threat but an inspection ruled out any threat. In Delhi too, a Dubai-bound plane received a bomb threat via email but no bomb was found when the plane was checked, the officer said.</p><p>The airports in Jaipur, Nagpur, Varanasi and Patna among others also received similar threat emails.</p><p>Security was stepped up in airports across the country following the threat emails. (ENDS)</p>