Ghaziabad man held for sending hoax bomb threat emails to NIA, ISRO, DRDO

Delhi Police have apprehended a Ghaziabad man in connection with a series of hoax bomb threat emails sent to several organisations, including the NIA, ISRO, DRDO and an Air India flight, officials said on Thursday.

The 36-year-old has been undergoing treatment for mental illness since 2008, they said.

The emails, sent on June 29, claimed the presence of bombs at multiple high-security establishments, including the headquarters of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the officials said.