Bomb blast threat was issued in a train going from Mumbai to Howrah. After which the investigating agencies came into alert mode. A search operation was conducted in the Mumbai-Howrah mail train. The bomb threat was given on social media platform X. In a social media post, there was a threat of blast in Nashik through a timer bomb. In this X-post, abusive words were used for Maharashtra Police. After the bomb blast incident, the Mumbai-Howrah Mail was stopped and searched at Jalgaon at 4 am on Monday. After about two hours of intensive investigation, the security personnel did not find anything suspicious. In such a situation, the threat of finding a bomb has proved to be a mere rumour. Let us tell you that a threat to blow up the train was made through an account named Fazaluddin. It was written in the threat, “Will you guys cry tears of blood this morning, O Hindustani Railways? Today a bomb has been planted in the flight and also in train 12809. There will be a big blast before reaching Nashik.”
Threat to blow up Air India flight also received
Several bomb threats disrupted air and rail travel on Monday, forcing rerouting and increased security measures. Air India flights to New York, IndiGo flights to Jeddah and Muscat and the Mumbai-Howrah Mail train were all affected by bomb threats, prompting emergency responses. After Air India, two Indigo flights received bomb threats. Security checks of these flights were started immediately. The first flight was going from Mumbai to Jeddah, whose number is 6E56. It was threatened with a bomb. At the same time, the second threat was given to flight number 6E1275 going from Mumbai to Muscat. Security checks of both the flights have been started immediately. Giving information, Indigo spokesperson said that flight 6E 1275 from Mumbai to Muscat had received a bomb threat. As per protocol, the flight was diverted to a separate bay, and following the standard operating procedure, mandatory security checks were immediately initiated. Earlier in the morning, an Air India flight was threatened with a bomb, and an emergency landing was made at Delhi airport.
Last week there was a threat to blow up the Purushottam Express train.
Last week also, the Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express was delayed by more than three hours due to a bomb threat at Tundla railway station in Uttar Pradesh. After this news came that suspected terrorists were traveling with explosives in the train. This alert was received from the account of an X (formerly Twitter) user. However, later after thorough investigation, this also proved to be a rumor.
(Report by Anamika Gaur)
Air India flight going from Mumbai to New York received bomb threat, diverted in mid-air
After Air India, two Indigo flights received threat to bomb, investigation started
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