Delhi airport receives hoax bomb threat, operations affected for 70 minutes

Delhi airport officials received a bomb threat from a man who later denied his claim on late Monday. While normalcy at terminal operations have been restored, police is still carrying out a search as a precautionary measure.

New Delhi: Delhi international airport received a hoax bomb call on Monday evening that affected its operations for around 70 minutes.

"A bomb threat call for Terminal 2 was received by Delhi Police at 8.49 pm on Monday," they said.

The departure area was evacuated and the passengers were moved to another gate, while the arriving passengers were put on hold inside aircraft, the officials said.

However, he later denied when the police identified him.

"After a detailed search operation for about an hour by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), it was found to be a hoax," they said.

Police is still carrying out a search as a precautionary measure. According to airport officials, operations were affected from 8:50 pm to 10 pm.

The officials mentioned that at 10 pm operational normalcy was restored in departure as well as arrival area of Terminal 2.