Bomb threats continued for the 15th consecutive day in domestic and international flights of the country. On Monday, more than 60 flights of Indian Airlines received bomb blast threats. Due to the threat, Air India’s Delhi-Colombo AI 281 flight had to make an emergency landing at Colombo International Airport. There were 108 passengers and 8 crew on board. The flight was investigated, but the news turned out to be false. In the last 15 days, bomb threats have been received in more than 400 flights. All were found to be fake. The threats received today include 21-21 flights of Air India-Indigo and 20 flights of Vistara. Air India spokesperson said that bomb threats were given through social media. After this, the set protocol was followed and security measures were taken. Minister said- Those who threaten will be put in no flying list
Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said on October 27 that the central government is considering taking steps to prevent those who give false bomb threats from flying. For this, the government is also considering amending the laws. Changes will be made in the laws. Those who will be involved in such activities will be given severe punishment and fined. Such people will also be put in the no flying list. We will announce it in the coming days. Two arrested so far in bomb threat case
The 25-year-old youth who gave false bomb threat in flight was detained by Delhi Police on October 26. According to the police, 25-year-old Shubham Upadhyay had posted two false bomb threats in flight at IGI Airport on October 25. During interrogation, he told that he did this to become famous. Earlier, Mumbai Police had detained a 17-year-old minor from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. He was having a dispute with a friend over money. He created an account in the name of his friend and posted a fake bomb scare on 4 flights on 14 October. Centre issues advisory to social media platforms
The central government has taken a tough stand on these threats. The IT ministry had issued an advisory on 26 October and told social media platforms that if they do not remove such false information immediately, their immunity under the IT Act will be revoked. The ministry said that such information will have to be removed immediately and the relevant authorities will also have to be informed about it. ……………………………………. Other news related to bomb threats… Hotels have also received fake bomb threats. From 25 to 27 October, bomb threat mails were sent to 10 hotels in Gujarat, 7 in Andhra Pradesh and 9 in Uttar Pradesh. But all were found to be false during investigation. Read the full news…
