Kolkata, Oct. 23 -- A handwritten bomb threat found on a piece of tissue paper inside a women's toilet at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Friday morning triggered a security alert, with bomb disposal personnel and CISF personnel conducting an extensive search of the premises.
The note, discovered by an airport cleaning staff member, warned of a bomb at boarding gate number 30. The employee alerted the authorities, following which the area around the specified gate was cleared and security agencies launched a search. No suspicious object was found till the latest reports, and flight operations continued without disruption, airport officials said.
The Bidhannagar City Police have also initiated an inquiry into the incident. An officer said the cleaning staff member who found the note was being questioned, while investigators were examining CCTV footage to establish who had left it in the toilet.
Security arrangements were tightened across the airport as the search continued.
The incident has brought renewed attention to airport security, coming just over a fortnight after a similar scare on October 8. On that occasion, the airport received an email threatening that explosives had been planted on the premises.
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