Kalaburagi airport in Karnataka gets bomb threat

The Kalaburagi airport here received a bomb threat via email on Monday and a search operation is on, police said.

Bomb disposal and dog squads are on the job on the airport premises, they said.

Kalaburagi Police Commissioner Chethan R told PTI that the Airport Director received an email from an anonymous ID this morning claiming that a bomb was planted inside the airport premises.

"As soon as we received information about a bomb threat email at Kalaburagi domestic airport, a bomb disposal squad was dispatched. All the passengers on the flight were de-boarded. All the airport staff and passengers have been shifted to a safer place while an intensive and thorough search operation is being carried out," he said.