Bengaluru Bomb Scare: At least six private hospitals in Bengaluru received bomb threats via emails on Monday, adding to the series of hoax calls in the major Indian cities. The threat however declared a hoax by the city police after carrying out intensive search operations, reported PTI. Earlier today, many schools across Jaipur received such bomb scares which subsequently turned out to be hoaxes. Yesterday, at least eight hospitals and Indira Gandhi International Airport were threatened in a series of emails, later declared false by the authorities.
The Bengaluru police launched an extensive search operation along with dog and bomb disposal teams in these city hospitals after they were informed.
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"However, no suspicious object was found inside the premises of these hospitals", a senior police official was quoted as saying by PTI.
"It was a hoax threat," he said.
The email to the hospitals on Sunday claimed: "I have placed explosive devices in your building. They will explode in the following hours. This isn't a threat, you have a few hours to disarm the bomb or else the blood of the innocent people inside the building will be on your hands."
The Bengaluru bomb scare came as a part of a series of hoax calls and emails being sent to many institutions across the country. Yesterday, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport along with multiple Delhi hospitals received bomb threat emails on Sunday.
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Delhi Police, Fire Services and Bomb Disposal Teams were rushed to the hospitals soon after the incident came to light. This came days after some Delhi schools received a hoax bomb threat email last month. However, till now no substance has been found in these calls. In the police probe, these emails were found to be linked with some Russian internet providers and users, however, many details are yet to come out.