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Authorities at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport received a threat email on Sunday. The message which was received from an unknown email address claimed that a potential hijacker was on an Air India flight bound for Dubai. The email sent to airport officials stated that an informant for Pakistan’s ISI was planning to hijack Flight AI951.  

Officials said that the mail was received around 7 pm on Sunday and alleged that several other people at Hyderabad airport were also involved with the ISI agent. After the threat message was received, the airport security responded immediately and beefed up the airport security. 

As a precautionary measure, Flight AI951, which was scheduled for departure to Dubai was cancelled and 111 passengers were moved to another aircraft. The authorities also detained three passengers, identified as Tirupati Badineni, L Vinod Kumar and P Rakesh Kumar for questioning. 

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Police have registered a case and an investigation along with airport authorities is underway to nab the people behind the hoax which disrupted the normal operations at the international airport in Hyderabad.  

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