Rajkot On Alert After 10 Hotels Receive Bomb Threats

Rajkot: On Saturday, at least ten hotels in Rajkot, Gujarat , received bomb threat emails that later proved to be hoaxes, according to police reports. The emails, received around 12:45 PM, prompted an immediate and thorough search of the premises by local authorities, including the bomb disposal squad (BDS).

Police Inspector SM Jadeja of the Special Operations Group (SOG) reported that the sender of the threatening email identified himself as Kan Den, claiming that he had planted bombs in ten hotels, with a warning that they would detonate within hours. "I placed bombs in every location of your hotel. The bombs will go off in a few hours. Many innocent lives will be lost today. Hurry up and evacuate the hotel," the email stated.

Following the alarming message, law enforcement conducted a search operation lasting nearly five hours, concluding around 6 PM. Inspector Jadeja confirmed that nothing suspicious was found, and an investigation is underway to trace the sender of the threatening email.

Hotel Bomb Threat Amidst of Bomb Threats to Airlines 

This incident in Rajkot occurs amid a surge of bomb threats targeting airlines across India. In the last ten days, airlines including Air India , IndiGo, and Vistara have received approximately 250 similar warnings. On the same day as the Rajkot incident, 27 flights from these airlines also faced bomb threats, leading to increased security measures at multiple airports.

The threats included six Air India flights and seven flights each from SpiceJet, IndiGo, and Vistara. Just the day before, 95 flights from various airlines received similar threats, raising alarms across the aviation sector.

In recent days, airports in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, and Jharsuguda also dealt with bomb threat reports concerning different flights, which were ultimately found to be hoaxes after thorough inspections.

In response to the rising trend of such threats, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announced that the government is considering actions against individuals responsible for hoax bomb threats, including potentially placing them on a no-fly list to deter future incidents.