Following a hoax bomb call to an office of an airline at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, the Delhi Police has written to a telecom provider to trace the United Arab Emirates caller.
According to Sanjay Bhatia, the DCP, IGI Airport, one Pankaj of the Etihad Airlines received a call on a landline number around 6 pm on Monday wherein the caller stated that there was a bomb under one of the seats of plane of the airline, which was scheduled to land at the Delhi airport from Abu Dhabi.
"At least 12 such calls were received from the same number within half an hour. The call was traced to the UAE. After two hours of thorough checking by the security agencies and investigations, the call was declared as "non-specific,"said the DCP.
"The call was made from Dubai and we have written to all the telecom service providers to identify the network and seek details of the owner of the number from which the calls were made. The Etihad Airlines flight number 244 landed safely at 6.38 pm at the Delhi airport from Abu Dhabi," said the DCP adding that a case has been registered in the matter.
In total, 161 passengers on board the flight arrived safely at the airport, Bhatia added.
