INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: A threat mail to blow up Terminal 2 of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) was received on Thursday
The sender of the mail has placed a demand to pay one million dollars in Bitcoin within 48 hours to avert the blast
Sahar police have registered a case against an unknown person for sending the threat mail using the email id-quaidacasrol@gmail.com.The mail
was sent to the feedback inbox of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) at around 11.06 am
The threat mail read: "Subject: Blast
Text: This is a final warning to your airport
We will blast Terminal 2 within 48 hours unless one million dollars in Bitcoin is transferred to the address
Another alert will be after 24 Hrs."Security was beefed up after the airport received the threat
In the complaint, MIAL executive Vismay Pathak (36) said: "I was at the quality and customer care centre in the airport when I came across
The mail threatened to blow up the airport within 48 hours if the ransom was not paid."Police have tracked the internet protocol (IP)
address of the mail that was used in sending the threat
"The cyber section in the police station has tracked the location and the team is in the process of identifying the person behind sending
the threat," said a police officer of the Sahar police station.A case under the Indian Penal Code sections 385 (Putting person in fear of
injury to commit extortion) and 505 (1) (b) (Statements made with intent to cause fear or alarm to the public or against the public
tranquillity) has been registered against an unknown person.
