Recent email bomb threats have targeted airports in Agra and Hubballi, India, prompting heightened security measures and thorough investigations. No explosives were found in either location.

Agra Airport On December 9, 2024, Agra's Kheria Airport, which serves as both a civil aviation facility and an Air Force base, received a bomb threat via email. The email, sent to CISF, claimed that a bomb was placed in the airport's bathroom. Assistant Commissioner of Police Mayank Tiwari stated that the premises were searched, but nothing suspicious was found. A police complaint was lodged at Shahganj police station under relevant sections of the BNS and IT Act. Agra Airport Director Yogendra Singh Tomar confirmed that the search took two hours but yielded no results. Efforts to trace the email's origin are ongoing.

This was not the first such incident at Kheria Airport; similar hoax emails were received on October 4 and July 30, 2024. Investigations led to an arrest in the July case, but the October sender remains unidentified.

According to officials, there is a possibility that the email was sent from any of states such as West Bengal, Kerala and the states of the Northeast. Cybercrime experts and police suspect the sender is an Indian with good knowledge of IT and is using a VPN to send emails.

On June 29, 2025, another email was sent to the authorities threatening to blow up the Agra airport along with other airports across the country. The email stated that powerful explosive devices were hidden around the airport and that the building should be evacuated immediately. Following the email, security was increased and a search operation was conducted. Terminal Manager Anushka Singh and Chief Security Officer Sukriti Nigam filed a case at the Shahganj police station.

Hubballi Airport On June 25, 2024, the director of Hubballi Airport in Bengaluru received a death threat via email, prompting immediate security measures and an investigation by local authorities. The message, sent from an email address named “Long Live Palestine”, was received at 6.54pm in the official inbox of the airport director Rupesh Kumar Sripad's office. The content of the email was highly intimidating, with the sender threatening to “destroy” the director and suggesting that he would face consequences for his alleged wrongdoings. The message stated that the director would be “thrown into fire” and “suffocate to death”.

Upon receiving the threatening email, the director alerted terminal manager Prathap Kumar about the situation. Following standard protocol, the information was swiftly communicated to several security agencies, including the Civil Aviation Security Officer (CASO), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), and the Bomb Defusal Team. Authorities implemented necessary security measures in accordance with aviation safety regulations. The Gokul Road police station registered a case under IT Act 66F (Cyber Terrorism Act) and launched an investigation to trace the origin of the threatening email.

Police commissioner Renuka Sukumar told TOI that a threat mail was received on the official email ID of the Hubballi Airport director, like it was received in other airports. The same message was received via email at Kalaburagi Airport two days prior.

On June 29, 2025, panic gripped the Hubballi airport after authorities received a hoax bomb threat email. Soon after the airport officials noticed the email, they alerted the security, following which a bomb detection and defusal squad, along with sniffer dogs, rushed to the airport and conducted a thorough search. However, no suspicious articles were found on the airport premises. Hubballi Airport Director Rupesh Kumar said soon after they received the bomb threat email, security at the airport was beefed up and they held a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee meeting and apprised higher authorities of the same. A complaint will be filed with police on Monday. A source said such an email was sent to more than 20 airports across the country including Hubballi, Mangaluru, Mysuru and Balagavi airports.