Hyderabad: An email claiming a bomb had been placed in the RGI airport here was received and ultimately it was found to be hoax, police said on Saturday.

The email, stating that a bomb would go off in the arrivals area of the airport was received on Friday by the customer service department of the airport.

The email suggested undertaking checks and vacating the passengers.

Checks were conducted and the bomb threat turned out to be hoax, police added.