Bomb threat to Bengaluru airport, schools in Udupi, Hassan a hoax: Police

On June 13, the email ID of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in-charge of handling security at the Bengaluru airport received a threat email.

Bengaluru-Udupi-Hassan: The bomb threats made to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru and some schools in the city, Udupi and in Hassan were a hoax, police officials said on Monday.

On June 13, the email ID of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in-charge of handling security at the Bengaluru airport received an email. “Madras Tigers: Human IEDs to detonate near Fuselage/Airport Prayer Rooms. Evacuate All Soon! (sic)” the email read.

The email from [e-mail] also claimed that EFPs (explosive projectiles) and pipe bombs were planted on the airport premises. A search, however, yielded nothing, and the threat was declared a hoax. An FIR was registered by the BIAL police station.

On Monday, a few schools in Bengaluru received bomb threat emails. Seemant Kumar Singh, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, told DH that the threats were declared a hoax after a thorough search on the school premises.

Police sources said that the emails were sent to some of the schools located in Kumbalgodu, RR Nagar and Kalasipalya police station limits. “FIRs will be registered and investigations will be launched to ascertain the origins of the email. Prima facie, it was found that these emails were part of the ones sent to schools in Hassan, Udupi and some other states in the country,” a police officer said.

A hoax bomb threat created panic at Vidyodaya Public School in Udupi on Monday after an email claimed that a bomb had been planted on the premises.

The alert prompted an immediate response from the police, who swiftly evacuated the school and launched a full-scale search operation. The anti-sabotage team, along with the bomb disposal squad and dog squad, conducted an extensive inspection of the school grounds.

After a thorough search, officials confirmed that no explosive materials were found, and the threat was declared a hoax.

Police and bomb disposal squad personnel conducted an extensive search on the premises of three schools of the Vidyasoudha group of educational institutions in Hassan following a bomb threat.

According to the complaint lodged with Hassan City and Rural Police Stations, Vidyasoudha Public School, Vidyasoudha Kids, and Vidyasoudha College received an email threatening to explode the school building at 1 pm on Monday. An intense search since Sunday late at night has not detected any explosives on the premises.