At least four hospitals in Delhi, including Deepchand Bandhu Hospital, Dada Dev Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital and GTB Hospital, received bomb threat calls on Tuesday morning, May 14.
The development comes two days after Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and over half a dozen government hospitals in Delhi received bomb threats through email.
According to Delhi Police, the IGI Airport received a bomb threat through email from an unidentified account on May 12.
The sender threatened the presence of an explosive device inside the premises.
Similar mails were received at two government hospitals, including Burari Government Hospital, and Mangolpuri’s Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. The Delhi Police has launched a probe into the matter.
The list of these hospitals includes – Dada Dev Hospital in Dabri, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital in Hari Nagar, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Dilshad Garden, Hindu Rao Hospital of Malka Ganj, and Aruna Asaf Ali Govt Hospital of Rajpur Road.
These bomb threat emails come nearly two weeks after over 150 schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb threats that sparked panic among parents.
However, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) issued an official statement calling the email a “hoax”.