MUMBAI, May 18 -- The Mumbai police on Friday received an email claiming that bombs have been planted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. However, the threats turned out to be a hoax, officials said, as the police did not find any explosives at both locations following thorough searches. The police have registered a case against the unidentified sender of the email and are trying to ascertain their identity. "The email was discovered by constable Mahesh Kadam, who works at the Airport police station, around 5.30 pm on Friday," said a police officer. The email said that the bombs were planted to commemorate the "unjust hanging" of the 2001 Parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru and YouTuber Savukku Shankar, who runs a media platform that exposes alleged corruption among politicians and government officials. To be sure, while Guru was executed in 2013 following his conviction in the Parliament attack case, Shankar is still alive. The sender also demanded that the drug smuggling case against film producer Jaffar Saddiq and the money laundering investigation against Indian Police Service officer Jaffar Sait be dropped. Constable Kadam immediately informed his seniors about the email, after which the police followed protocol and carried out a search at the airport and the hotel for around an hour, the officer said. "After finding nothing at both places, we registered the case under sections 353 (public mischief), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 125 (acts endangering human life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023," added the police officer. The email was addressed to the CM and the inspector of the local police station, the officer said, adding that the police have started investigating the matter. The hoax bomb threats were received days after Mumbai was put on high alert following the escalation of the conflict between India and Pakistan....