Shubham Upadhyay, a resident of Uttam Nagar in the national capital, was arrested for posting two bomb threat messages to draw attention after seeing similar news reports on TV.

During interrogation, the accused reportedly admitted to sending the messages, claiming he was influenced by similar incidents on the news and was seeking attention.

A threatening call regarding a 'human bomb' on a flight from Mumbai to Delhi has been traced back to a family dispute, highlighting the alarming frequency of bomb threats at Sahar police station.

A 25-year-old man was arrested in relation to a false bomb threat that caused panic at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi.

Just a day after an explosion occurred outside a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) school in Delhi, all such schools across the country received an email threatening that they would be bombed, sources said.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousand

"Vistara flight UK17 operating from Delhi to London on October 18, 2024 received a security threat on social media. In line with the protocol, all relevant authorities were immediately informed and as a precautionary measure, the pilots decided to divert the flight to Frankfurt," the spokesperson said.

Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats in a span of a few days, forcing planes to delay, reroute and make emergency landings – throwing the country’s aviation industry into costly disarray right before one of the biggest festivals of the year.

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