50 Hospitals In Mumbai Receive Bomb Threat Via Email; Security Beefed Up

According to the reports, more than 50 hospitals in Mumbai received bomb threats on Tuesday late evening. Hospitals that received bomb threats via email included big names like Jaslok Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Seven Hills Hospital, Kohinoor Hospital, KEM Hospital, JJ Hospital, St. George Hospital, and others.

The reports added that these threatening emails were sent using a VPN network and police is trying to trace the miscreants.

Soon after bomb threat news broke out, the Mumbai Police reacted swiftly and launched a search operation and tightened the security.

"Local police and bomb squad reached the spot and started an investigation but nothing suspicious was found. Mumbai's VP Road police station is investigating this matter," news agency ANI quoted a police officer.

However, the bomb threat turned out to be a hoax as nothing suspicious was found at these hospitals.

Earlier today, 41 airports, including Chennai, Patna, and Jaipur, received similar bomb threats.
The threat Emails received by airports carried almost similar messages, which read, "Hello, there are explosives hidden in the Airport. The bombs will soon explode. You will all die."

Anchal Prakash, Director at the Patna airport, said, "A bomb threat through email was received at the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport, besides 41 other airports. The Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) Meeting was convened... and it found the threat to be non-specific."

At the Chennai airport, a Dubai-bound flight with 286 passengers was delayed as a result of the hoax threat.