Another hoax bomb call hits city airport; checks intensified

Chennai: Two days after Chennai airport director received a call saying a human bomb would explode at the airport, another bomb hoax call landed in the same number on Wednesday. Following the call, security was further intensified and checks carried out at over 20 areas in the premises, police said.

The office of the director of Chennai airport received a call at around 5.30 am on Wednesday stating that three bombs would explode in two hours at the international and domestic terminal. The caller spoke in Tamil and identified himself as “Akhtar”. In the earlier hoax call, the caller spoke in English and claimed that he was from Karnataka police.

The caller added that he was part of the suicide squad sent by terror outfit LeT. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and police were immediately alerted and intensive checks carried out in the airport premises, including the cargo section, but the call turned out to be hoax, they said. The police had to approach the Chennai Telephones to track the number of the caller as the official number of airport director has no caller identification facility. “We have sent a team to Ramanathapuram after it was found the caller was from that place,” the police said.