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  • Hoax call triggers bomb scare in Pune-bound SpiceJet plane at Delhi Airport

    By Express News Service

    New Delhi: A call regarding a bomb in a Delhi-Pune SpiceJet flight triggered panic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital on Thursday evening.

    According to the officials, it was a ‘hoax call’.

    “A call was received from the Delhi Police regarding a bomb threat in a plane  — SG 8938 — after which two fire engines were immediately rushed to the Delhi Airport,” a Fire Department official told the New Indian Express.

    The official informed that even before the fire tenders could reach the spot, midway, information was received that the bomb call was a hoax. The passengers were at the boarding gate and not inside the aircraft when the call was received, they added.

    However, the Delhi Police sounded an alert and the flight was thoroughly checked by the security personnel but nothing suspicious was found. 

    A senior police officer said that efforts are on to trace the caller. 

    Notably, it is the third time in the past 30 days that a ‘hoax call’ triggered a bomb scare at the Delhi Airport.

    Earlier, on the last day of the year 2022, Delhi Airport received a series of messages on its official Twitter account pertaining to a bomb threat, however, later it turned out to be a hoax message.

    On December 21, a precautionary security drill was carried out at the Airport after agencies were informed of a post on a social media website, which said that the writer planned to “bomb and eliminate” the airport.

    (With inputs from PTI)

    New Delhi: A call regarding a bomb in a Delhi-Pune SpiceJet flight triggered panic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital on Thursday evening.

    According to the officials, it was a ‘hoax call’.

    “A call was received from the Delhi Police regarding a bomb threat in a plane  — SG 8938 — after which two fire engines were immediately rushed to the Delhi Airport,” a Fire Department official told the New Indian Express.

    The official informed that even before the fire tenders could reach the spot, midway, information was received that the bomb call was a hoax. The passengers were at the boarding gate and not inside the aircraft when the call was received, they added.

    However, the Delhi Police sounded an alert and the flight was thoroughly checked by the security personnel but nothing suspicious was found. 

    A senior police officer said that efforts are on to trace the caller. 

    Notably, it is the third time in the past 30 days that a ‘hoax call’ triggered a bomb scare at the Delhi Airport.

    Earlier, on the last day of the year 2022, Delhi Airport received a series of messages on its official Twitter account pertaining to a bomb threat, however, later it turned out to be a hoax message.

    On December 21, a precautionary security drill was carried out at the Airport after agencies were informed of a post on a social media website, which said that the writer planned to “bomb and eliminate” the airport.

    (With inputs from PTI)

  • ‘Vikings’ actor Gustaf Skarsgard boards ‘Oppenheimer’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgard, best known for shows such as “Vikings” and “Westworld”, has joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “Oppenheimer”.

    The Universal Pictures project is the biopic of famed physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. Cilian Murphy stars in the titular role.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skarsgard will play Hans Bethe, a German-American nuclear physicist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics and was tasked by Oppenheimer to head up the T (Theoretical) division of the Manhattan Project.

    “Oppenheimer” also stars Robert Downey Jr , Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, David Dastmalchian and David Rysdahl.

    It is based on the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird. The film has booked July 21, 2023, as the release date.

  • Suspects did detailed recce of Ghazipur flower market before planting improvised explosive device

    By ANI

    NEW DELHI: Soon after the Delhi Police recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from the city’s Ghazipur flower market on Friday, the Special Cell said that the suspects had done a detailed recce of the spot where the explosive was recovered.

    According to sources in the Special cell, the bag full of IED was kept near the gate of the flower market. Its detailed recce had been done by the suspects. If the bag had been kept inside the gate, it could have been captured in the CCTV camera. The bag was kept on the ground. The police had received a call after which the team had been alerted.

    A man named Anupam had informed the control room about the presence of an unattended bag at 10.19 am on Friday. His scooter was parked at the place where the explosive was planted.

    The special cell sources further said that two CCTV cameras are installed at the gate of the market and the police are exploring them along with the cameras installed in the nearby areas to find the clue of the suspect.

    “There are two CCTV cameras installed at the gate of the flower market. However, none of the cameras could capture the act of placing the bag at the spot. One camera is fitted on the inside and the other on the outside. There were possibilities of finding the footage of the incident on the CCTV on the outside,” the sources said.

    “But the camera has been placed in such a way that it captures the number plate of the vehicles entering the market. So, the police could not find any clue from the footage. The Delhi Police is also looking into the CCTV camera footage of the nearby locations to find a clue of the suspect,” added the sources.

    Minutes after the incident, the Delhi Police said, “A case has been registered in the Delhi Police Special Cell under provisions of the Explosive Substances Act.”

    Sensing the severity of the matter, NSG commandos were sent. Later, NSG officials told ANI, “A bomb disposal squad of NSG has defused the IED recovered from Ghazipur. Samples of the IED have been collected and the NSG team will later submit a report of the chemical component used to assemble the explosive.”

    Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana told ANI on phone, “Based on the information received, an IED has been recovered.”

    Earlier today, a bomb disposal squad and fire engines were sent to control the situation after the information about an unattended bag was received, from which the IED was recovered. NSG commandos were sent. Later, NSG officials told ANI that the bomb disposal squad of NSG has defused the IED and the samples of the IED have been collected. The Bomb Disposal Squad of the NSG has shared with chief M.A. Ganapathy that prima facie, RDX and Ammonium Nitrate chemical compounds are suspected to have been used in the manufacturing of the approximately 3 kg IED.

    A post-analysis lab report being conducted by the NSG’s BDS unit is under process as the team has collected samples after defusing the Improvised Explosive Device (IED).