Delhi Hospitals Bomb Threats: Many hospitals, including Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, GTB Hospital, Dada Dev Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital, and others, received an email of bomb threats. According to news agency ANI, the Delhi Fire Service reported that a search was under way.
Delhi-NCR Schools and IGI Airport Targeted
This happened a few days after about 100 Delhi-NCR schools received a similar email. Earlier on May 12, emails purporting to be bomb threats were sent to IGI Airport, eight city hospitals, and other addresses; however, they turned out to be scams.
A senior official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said that reports of bomb threats came from several hospitals, including Burari Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, and Dabri’s Dada Dev Hospital.
Heightened Security Measures Implemented Across Delhi Hospitals and Airport
All of the city’s hospitals now have more security, and the airport has more police officers on duty. Nevertheless, nothing suspicious has yet been found at any of the locations. Following bomb threats received on May 1, about 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR had to quickly evacuate their student bodies. Not to worry, the Ministry of Home Affairs advised, adding that the threats were phone scams.
Top intelligence sources had, however, raised the possibility that the “hoax call” was meant to incite fear. “Bomb scare is a regular feature these days and agencies are trying to find out details from a period. This is happening on a regular frequency now. Similar threats were reported from Bengaluru and even a few schools in Delhi earlier,” the intelligence agency sources had told News18.