Three Ambala schools receive bomb threats, cops term it as hoax after probe

Three schools in Ambala received bomb threat emails on Monday prompting immediate action by school authorities and the Haryana police reported the PTIOfficials said that a thorough security check was carried out at all three locations but no suspicious objects were foundAccording to the police two of the schools are located in Ambala Cantt while the third is in Ambala City Bomb disposal and police teams conducted detailed searches of the school premises as a precautionAmbala Cantt Station House Officer Jatinder Dhillon said that all necessary checks were completed ldquoA thorough search was conducted but nothing suspicious was foundrdquo he saidProbe launchedPolice officials confirmed that the matter is being investigated to trace the source of the emails They added that the threats appeared to be a hoax but standard safety procedures were followedSimilar threats reported earlierEarlier on Friday bomb threat emails were sent to the office of the Ambala Deputy Commissioner and the Mini Secretariat in Kurukshetra district Authorities had then carried out extensive searches at both locationsAfter the checks officials confirmed that those threats were also hoaxes as nothing suspicious was foundIndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow airport after bomb threatMeanwhile in an another incident an IndiGo Airlines flight carrying 238 people was forced to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Sunday after a bomb threat was reported while the aircraft was in the air the IANS reportedThe flight 6E6650 was travelling from Delhirsquos Indira Gandhi International IGI Airport to Bagdogra when the threat was detectedThe airline on Sunday confirmed that threat was noticed onboard IndiGo flight 6E 6650 operating from Delhi to BagdograFollowing the alert the aircraft was diverted to Lucknow as a precautionary measure IndiGo said it immediately informed the concerned authorities and followed all standard security proceduresldquoA security threat was noticed onboard IndiGo flight 6E 6650 operating from Delhi to Bagdogra due to which the aircraft was diverted to Lucknowrdquo the airline said in a statement according to the IANSHandwritten note found in aircraft toiletAccording to Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Rajneesh Verma the bomb threat came to light after a handwritten note was found on a tissue paper inside the aircraftrsquos toiletAir Traffic Control ATC received information about the threat at around 846 am on 18 January following which emergency safety protocols were activated as per the IANSPassengers evacuated safelyThe flight landed safely at Lucknow airport at around 917 am and was moved to an isolation bay for security checks All passengers were immediately evacuated and scanned to ensure their safetySecurity agencies including the bomb disposal squad and Central Industrial Security Force CISF teams carried out a thorough search of the aircraft and the surrounding area the news agency reportedAirline assures passenger safetyIndiGo said it was making all efforts to minimise inconvenience to passengers by providing refreshments and regular updatesldquoAs always the safety and security of our customers crew and aircraft are our topmost prioritiesrdquo the airline spokesperson saidAll onboard safeOfficials said the flight was carrying 230 passengers including 222 adults and eight infants along with two pilots and five cabin crew members All passengers and crew were reported to be safe as per the IANSA detailed investigation is currently underway to rule out any potential dangerwith IANS and PTI inputs