BREAKING: Bengaluru-Ayodhya Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Bomb Threat, Searches Underway

Ayodhya: An Ayodhya-bound flight from Bengaluru made an emergency landing at  Ayodhya's Maharishi Valmiki International Airport following a bomb threat. 

All passengers and the aircraft are currently undergoing thorough security checks.

Meanwhile, Amid various bomb threats at hotels, airports and flights across the country, in a latest news updates, at least ten hotels in Lucknow have received a bomb threat via email; the blackmailer has demanded a ransom amount or else ‘bombs will explode and there will be blood everywhere’.

In a series of hoax bomb threats, nearly 300 flights operated by various Indian airlines have received bomb threats over the past two weeks.

More than 25 domestic and international flights operated by Indian carriers received bomb threats on Friday, PTI reported, citing sources. Over 70 flights were disrupted by similar threat messages on Thursday, including international flights. 

The case of information about a bomb in Akasa Airlines flight turned out to be a rumour, all the passengers were released, passengers came out of the airport, the flight had come from Bengaluru to Ayodhya, there were 173 passengers in the flight, all are safe, once again the pilot showed his presence of mind, the passengers sitting in the flight were not informed about the bomb, the Akasa Airlines flight landed safely at Maharishi Valmiki Airport.

25-Year-Old Man Arrested By Delhi Police 

The Delhi police on Saturday traced and nabbed a 25-year-old man, who sent two bomb threats to Delhi’s IGI Airport via a social media account in order to draw attention and gain publicity. The accused was arrested from the Rajapuri area located in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar and confessed to the act saying that he did it after watching similar news reports on television.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport), Usha Rangnani identified the accused as Shubham Upadhyay (25), who is an unemployed person and is only 12th pass.
 

This is a breaking copy, further details are still awaited.