Mumbai, May 17 (UNI) The Mumbai police have received an alleged threat email warning of bomb blasts at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel but after thorough examination of two vital establishments, nothing suspicious was found and it was declared as 'hoax' threat email, police said on Saturday.
The email was received at the Airport Police station of Mumbai on their official email ID on Thursday morning from an ID [email protected] that blast will be carried out as the death sentence for the Parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru was unjust.
Following this, security was beefed up and heavy police bandobast were deployed within the area of airport as well as outside and inside Taj Mahal hotel, which was earlier targeted by the Pakistan-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on November 26, 2008, in which 167 people were killed and more than 250 were injured.
The hotel is one of the most iconic hotels in the country and has been on the terrorists’ top target list.
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