A bomb threat email reportedly received at Kolkata Airport on Thursday afternoon triggered a security sweep by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the movement of passengers away from areas inside the airport, according to a report by Sangbad Pratidin. No explosive device had been recovered at the time of the report, and the airport authorities, CISF and police had not provided an official confirmation in the supplied material.
The report said the email claimed that a bomb had been placed inside the airport and that an explosion could occur at any time. Following the message, passengers were alerted and areas of the airport were cleared as a precaution. CISF personnel began what the report described as a comprehensive search of the premises.
The reported response reflects the layered security procedures used at major airports when a threat is received. Passenger movement may be restricted while security personnel search public and controlled areas, assess the credibility of the message and check whether any suspicious object has been left behind. The supplied report does not establish how the email was received, which airport facility was named in the message or whether flight operations were suspended or delayed.
According to Sangbad Pratidin, no explosive material had been found during the search at the time of publication. The report also said that cyber specialists had begun examining who sent the email and from where it was transmitted. The suggestion that the message may have been intended to cause fear was presented as a possibility in the report, not as an established finding.
The incident was reported roughly a week after a separate FlyDubai-related cockpit episode involving a flight bound for Israel, which the source linked to heightened security attention at Indian airports. The supplied report also referred to comments by Israel’s ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, about the possibility of a new wave of extremist attacks. Those broader security concerns were included as context in the source report, but no direct connection between them and the Kolkata email was established.
Kolkata’s airport, located in Dum Dum, is a major aviation gateway for eastern India and handles domestic and international passenger traffic. Any security alert there can affect passengers, airport staff, airlines and ground transport arrangements, although the supplied material does not provide figures on passenger disruption, flight delays or cancellations.
The central details of the incident remain subject to official confirmation. The next steps identified in the report are the completion of the CISF search and the cyber examination of the threat email. Confirmation from the airport operator, CISF, police or another competent authority is required to establish the nature of the threat, the operational impact and whether any case has been registered.
