The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has said that the WhatsApp message claiming that a Dhaka-bound Biman flight from Rome was carrying explosives originated from a Pakistani phone number.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said on Wednesday night that while the WhatsApp number is from Pakistan, they could not confirm the location from which the message was actually sent.
Bomb threat: Passenger's immigration delayed pending completion of search
Earlier, Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, informed the media in a message: “A bomb threat was received at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from an unknown number. Following the threat, Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-356 made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:20 am on Wednesday (January 22).”
Later, the Bomb Disposal Unit conducted searches inside the plane.
The flight had departed from Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome at 8:00 pm local time on Tuesday (January 21).