Overview
- Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport received a bomb threat email on July 22, with police, the fire brigade and CISF bomb squads finding no suspicious items during security searches.
- Nagpur airport was evacuated following a 7:30 am email alleging an IED concealed in a cigarette packet, with bomb disposal and dog squads finding no dangerous materials.
- Chrysalis High School in East Bengaluru was temporarily emptied after an emailed warning, with manual and canine sweeps confirming no explosives on campus.
- This incident adds to a wave of more than 40 hoax bomb threats sent since late 2024 to schools, airports and government offices nationwide, causing repeated evacuations and operational disruptions.
- Cybercrime units across multiple states are now sifting through email metadata, IP logs and VPN trails in an effort to trace the anonymous perpetrators.