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Hoax Bomb Threats Target Jaipur, Bengaluru Airports and Schools

After thorough searches found no explosives, authorities have begun investigating the sources of the false alarms.

Bengaluru Airport bomb threat triggers emergency checks
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Overview

  • On June 19, Jaipur Airport, Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport and several private schools in Bengaluru received bomb threat alerts that were declared hoaxes after exhaustive sweeps.
  • Bomb disposal squads, CISF personnel, sniffer dogs and local police conducted detailed inspections at each site with no suspicious devices uncovered.
  • This wave follows earlier incidents this week, including a Lufthansa flight’s return to Frankfurt on June 15, an IndiGo emergency landing in Nagpur on June 17, and hoax warnings at Hyderabad’s Begumpet Airport and a Qatar Airways cargo flight on June 18.
  • Between 2022 and 2024, Karnataka recorded 169 fake bomb threats—133 of which targeted Bengaluru—highlighting recurring misuse of security resources.
  • Cybercrime units and airport police are tracing email headers and IP addresses to identify the perpetrators behind the recent spate of false alerts.