Several Lucknow Hotels Receive Bomb Threat, Email Demands $55k Ransom

Lucknow: Amid various bomb threats at hotels, airports and flights across the country, in a latest news updates, at least ten hotels in Lucknow have received a bomb threat via email; the blackmailer has demanded a ransom amount or else ‘bombs will explode and there will be blood everywhere’.

Lucknow Hotels Receive Bomb Threat

As mentioned earlier, at least ten big hotels in the Uttar Pradesh capital have received a bomb threat today and a ransom amount has also been demanded. According to reports, a bomb threat has been received by hotels Clark Awadh, Silvette, Piccadily, Fortune, Lemon Tree, Marriot, Dayal Gateway and Comfort Vista among others.

The complete list of hotels that have received a bomb threat email - 

1. Hotel Marriott  
2. Saraca hotel
3. Piccadily hotel
4. Comfort hotel vista
5. Fortune hotel
6. Lemontree hotel
7. Clark awadh hotel
8. Hotel casa
9. Dayal gateway hotel
10. Hotel silvette

Ransom Demanded in Bomb Threat Email Or Else…

A ransom amount has been demanded in the bomb threat email or else it has been threatened that ‘bombs will explode’. The email reads, “Bombs are hidden in black bags on the grounds of your hotel. I want $55,000, or I will detonate the explosives and blood will spread everywhere. Any attempt at defusing the bombs WILL detonate them.”

Bomb Threat to Ayodhya-Bound Flight from Bengaluru

In another news, an Ayodhya-bound flight from Bengaluru made an emergency landing at Ayodhya's Maharishi Valmiki International Airport following a bomb threat.All passengers and the aircraft are currently undergoing thorough security checks.

Bomb Threat to Tirupati Hotels

The bomb threat to the hotels in Lucknow comes days after a bomb threat email, sent to hotels in Tirupati. On Saturday, two well-known hotels in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati received fresh bomb threats. This comes as a day earlier, several other hotels were similarly targeted. The threat mentions alleged drug trafficking network kingpin Jaffer Sadiq, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The threat also mentions Tamil Nadu’s top police official, Shankar Jiwal, and Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi, wife of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.