Security has been further tightened at Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport, after an email threatening to blow it up with a bomb. Secondary ladder point checking of passengers is being done by CISF (Central Industrial Security Force).
Raja Bhoj Airport Authority had received a threatening email on Monday night. This mail was tagged to 60 different airport authorities of the country. The airport authority has informed the police. Gandhi Nagar Police has registered an FIR. Police have registered a case against unknown person under Section 507 and Aircraft Act.
Bhopal Airport Director Ramji Awasthi said that we are always 100 percent alert regarding security. Apart from this, we have asked the concerned agency to do secondary ladder point checking. It has been activated. Under this, apart from the checking done during normal days, there are some different parameters. This checking is done in different sequences. For example, if someone's passenger checking has been done then he can be cross checked again. This can also be done just before passengers board the plane.
About 40 flights arrive and depart from Bhopal Airport every day. The daily footfall is between 3000 to 4000.
According to TI Sunil Mehar of Gandhinagar police station, we have written to the cyber cell in this matter. The mail is sent from the proxy server. It is often used to hide your location. Apart from this, we are also checking the CCTV of the airport for the last few days.
Raja Bhoj Airport Chief Security Officer Vishal Kumar Sharma lodged a complaint at Gandhi Nagar police station on Monday. He said that on April 29, at 9.37 am, the mail came on the official email of the Airport Director. In which it was said that there will be bomb attacks on other airports and aircraft of the country including Bhopal.
On 8 September 2022 also, an IndiGo flight was allegedly threatened with a bomb at Raja Bhoj Airport. After which an atmosphere of chaos was created at the airport. There was information about a bomb being found in an IndiGo flight from Bhopal to Agra and it was said that it would be detonated with a 350 kg detonator.
According to TI Sunil Mehar of Gandhinagar police station, a mail came on the mail ID of the Airport Authority on Monday. The sender of the mail had written in English that three bombs have been planned in different flights. They will explode in some time. Apart from Bhopal, this mail was also tagged at 60 airports.
