Terror alert at Mumbai airport

April 21, 2010 01:41 am | Updated 01:41 am IST - Mumbai:

Security has been tightened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport here following an alert issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) about a possible terror attack.

The alert came after BCAS received a tip-off from the Delhi police stating that there could be a “terror attack” on April 22 at the airport and a few other installations in the city, airport sources said.

There were also threats of attack on the Santa Cruz railway station and a shopping mall in Lokhandwala.

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