Rajkot On Alert After 10 Hotels Receive Bomb Threats

Rajkot: On Saturday, at least ten hotels in Rajkot, Gujarat , received bomb threat emails that later proved to be hoaxes, according to police reports. emails, received around 12:45 PM, prompted an immediate and thorough search of premises by local authorities, including bomb disposal squ (BDS).

Police Inspector SM Jeja of Special Operations Group (SOG) reported that sender of threatening email identified himself as Kan Den, claiming that he h planted bombs in ten hotels, with a warning that y would detonate within hours. "I placed bombs in every location of your hotel. bombs will go off in a few hours. Many innocent lives will be lost today. Hurry up and evacuate hotel," email stated.

Following alarming message, law enforcement conducted a search operation lasting nearly five hours, concluding around 6 PM. Inspector Jeja confirmed that nothing suspicious was found, and an investigation is underway to trace sender of threatening email.

Hotel Bomb Threat Amidst of Bomb Threats to Airlines 

This incident in Rajkot occurs amid a surge of bomb threats targeting airlines across India. In last ten days, airlines including Air India , IndiGo, and Vistara have received approximately 250 similar warnings. On same day as Rajkot incident, 27 flights from se airlines also faced bomb threats, leing to increased security measures at multiple airports.

threats included six Air India flights and seven flights each from SpiceJet, IndiGo, and Vistara. Just day before, 95 flights from various airlines received similar threats, raising alarms across aviation sector.

In recent days, airports in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, and Jharsuguda also dealt with bomb threat reports concerning different flights, which were ultimately found to be hoaxes after thorough inspections.

In response to rising trend of such threats, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announced that government is considering actions against individuals responsible for hoax bomb threats, including potentially placing m on a no-fly list to deter future incidents.