Mumbai Airport receives email threat to blow up T2; demand of $1 million in Bitcoin

Maharashtra's Mumbai International Airport received a bomb threat on Thursday morning, according to Mumbai Police. The airport's feedback inbox recieved an e-mail threatening to blow up Terminal 2, unless authorities paid up.

The sender of the threat demanded a million dollars in Bitcoin, within 48 hours, to prevent the bombing, police told reporters in the city.

"Sahar police have registered a case against an unknown person for sending the threat mail using the email id-quaidacasrol@gmail.com," Mumbai police said.


Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) got the email at around 11 am on Thursday, November 23. According to reports, the threat mail read: "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."

A case under the Indian Penal Code sections 385 (putting a 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 tranquillity) has been registered against the sender of the email, who is yet to be identified.

Further investigation is underway.