Red Fort and Jama Masjid in Delhi receive bomb threat call

A hoax bomb threat, targeting Red Fort and Jama Masjid, has prompted the security agencies in Delhi to rush to the spots and conduct thorough checks on Thursday morning, PTI quoted an official of Delhi Fire Services as saying. 

According to the report, the official said that a call was received at 9.03 am regarding a bomb in the premises of the monuments and teams were rushed immediately to the spot.

"We rushed one fire tender at the site and conducted thorough searches. However, nothing suspicious was found at the sites," PTI quoted him as saying. .

Delhi Police in a statement stated that the bomb disposal teams and the CISF thoroughly checked the entire premises on receiving the call but nothing suspicious was found. It was a hoax call, they said.

Previous cases:

In March 2025, a bomb threat was reported at the Tamil Nadu Bhawan in the national capital, which promoted an immediate response from the Delhi Police and Delhi Fire Services. There also, no suspicious item was found.

Earlier in February 7, several schools in Delhi and Noida received bomb threats.

In February only, the civil aviation ministry said 13 people were arrested in 2024 in connection with hoax bomb threats to airlines.

Last year, a total of 728 bomb threats were received by airlines and out of them, 714 were received by domestic carriers, according to data shared by the civil aviation ministry in Rajya Sabha.

Citing data from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said 728 hoax bomb threats were received by airline operators in 2024.

Among the Indian airlines, IndiGo received the highest number of bomb threats at 216, followed by Air India (179), Vistara (153), Akasa Air (72), SpiceJet (35), Alliance Air (26), Air India Express (19) and Star Air (14).

The total figure includes 14 bomb threats received by foreign carriers. Emirates and Air Arabia received five and three such threats, respectively, last year while one threat each was received by Aeroflot, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Etihad, Nok Air, and Thai Lion Air, as per the data.

"Total 13 persons have been arrested in 2024 in connection with hoax bomb threats," he said in a written reply.

With agency inputs.