The Mumbai international airport on Thursday received a “threat” via email warning that Terminal 2 will be blown up if $1 million in Bitcoin is not paid within 48 hours.
According to media reports, authorities of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) said the police have registered a case against an unknown person for sending the threat using the email address: [email protected].
Reports quoted the mail as saying: “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.”
The security was beefed up at the airport following the threat and a complaint registered with the Sahar police station. “I was at the quality and customer care centre in the airport when I came across the threat mail. The mail threatened to blow up the airport within 48 hours if the ransom was not paid,” a report in Times of India quoted MIAL executive Vismay Pathak (36) as saying in the complaint.
As part of a preliminary investigation, the police have tracked down the IP address of the email. “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,” a police officer was quoted in the ToI report.
A case has been registered under IPC 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 tranquility).
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