A hoax call about a bomb on a Mumbai-bound flight sent the security apparatus at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi into a tizzy for a few hours today, officials said on Wednesday.
A staffer of the Indigo airlines informed the security authorities that they had received a call around 8.15 am from an unidentified man, who said there was a bomb on a Mumbai-bound flight, the officials said.
The mandatory meeting of the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was immediately convened at the IGIA, which declared that it was a "hoax" call after about two hours, they added.
However, the BTAC directed the CISF, police and other security personnel at the IGIA to step up their vigil, undertake full physical checking of hand baggages and an in-depth checking of passengers of the Mumbai-bound flights.