New Delhi/Gurgaon: Security in and around the Indira Gandhi International Airport was beefed up on Monday after following an e-mail received at an Air India call centre threatening to blow up the airport on January 12. 

An e-mail threatening to blow up Indian airports in January has been received at a call centre of the national carrier Air India in neighbouring Gurgaon, airline sources said on Monday.

The call centre received the e-mail on Saturday which threatened explosions at the airports on January 12. Sources in the Air India said the AI call centre located at Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon recieved an e-mail on Sunday threatening that the International airport would be blown up on January 12. 

After the receipt of the E mail, the assistant security manager of the IGI, Harsh Kumar, informed the Udyog Vihar police station which filed an FIR based on the complaint. 

Though sources in the Air India said it was a non specific threat, the police have tightened security in and around the International airport as a precautionary measure.  

The Gurgaon police have instituted a team from the Cyber Crime Department to investigate the origin of the threatening e-mail. The latest e-mail threat follows another e-mail received by several TV channels a few weeks ago threatening to carry out blasts in several areas of Delhi in the coming weeks.

Source : UNI