Over 50 hospitals and a college in Mumbai received bomb threats via email, officials said. Several hospitals across the city, including Jaslok Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Seven Hills Hospital, Kohinoor Hospital, KEM Hospital, JJ Hospital, and St George Hospital, have received bomb threats via email.
A similar threat mail was also received by Hinduja College of Commerce located in Girgaon area of the city.
According to police, the hospitals received threatening emails, claiming that bombs had been planted under beds and in bathrooms, which could destroy the hospitals upon detonation.
The Mumbai Police also confirmed that the threatening emails were sent to all these hospitals using a VPN network. Initial investigation revealed that the threatening emails were sent from a website named Beeble.com. Each email was individually crafted and sent to more than 50 hospitals, an official said.
Upon receiving the threats, the hospitals immediately notified the police. Subsequently, police and bomb disposal squads conducted thorough searches in the hospitals but did not find any suspicious objects.
The police have not yet identified the sender of the emails, nor have they ascertained the motive behind these threats.
The bomb threats were received by the hospitals and college hours after 41 airports across the country got similar warnings, prompting authorities to scramble for contingency measures and carry out security checks that lasted hours. However, the threat mails sent to all airports, including Chennai, Patna and Jaipur, were found to be a hoax.
