Bomb threat at city airport

Kolkata, Sept 7 (PTI) Security personnel at the NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose International Airport here went into atizzy today after receiving three phone calls threatening toblow up the airport. While the first two calls were made to Lalbazar PoliceControl room at around 1.15 AM, the third call was made toBidhannagar Police commissionerate. Immediately after receiving the first two calls, bombsquad, sniffer dogs along with CISF team were pressed intoaction and the entire airport was thoroughly screenedthroughout the night, a senior police officer said. However, "nothing was found", he said. The first call was made to Lalbazar control room ataround 1.15 AM by a man who said that he had got informationthat one person named Arshad, a human bomb, was planning toblow up the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose InternationalAirport". "The call was made from 3615188371. The male voice gaveus another no (8697872895) saying that it was Arshad’s no. Healmost pleaded that a probe be launched quickly," a topofficer of Kolkata Police told PTI. The next call came from another number claiming that abomb was planted inside the airport and "it will blow off thewhole place within minutes, he said. This morning, another call was made to Bidhannagar Policecommissionerate claiming that a bomb has been planted inside acargo aircraft and "it’ll go off any moment", a senior officersaid. "Bomb squad, sniffer dogs are checking the airport whileCISF personnel are carrying out special scrutiny of theentire place", he said. "Every passenger and their luggage is being checked.Vehicles are not allowed to stay near the main entrance formore than two minutes," he said. Sleuths at Lalbazar said that one of the two numbers wastraced to be of Guwahati circle "but was switched off afterthe call was made to the Control". "We are trying to trace the calls on the basis of itstower locations. Our officers are working on it," the officersaid. PTI SCH MMDV