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Hyderabad: Bomb hoax at private office in Madhapur

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Hyderabad: A hoax bomb call at a private company in Madhapur created panic as an unidentified person called up and informed that a bomb has been planted within the office’s premises.
Upon receiving the threat, the officials took immediate action and called anti-sabotage teams and the bomb disposal squad to search for the bomb.
The search teams rushed to the office and conducted a thorough search before declaring it a hoax.

During the search operation, employees were evacuated from the building as a precautionary measure.
However, no bomb was found bringing relief to the employees.
Police have registered a case after the company officials raised a complaint against the unidentified caller.
Also, the cops suspect that a former employee of the office might be the person who passed the fake information to cause panic in the office.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 5, 2023
Angered by power cut, man makes hoax call about bomb at Maha Dy CM’s house

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Nagpur: Angered by a power cut at his house, a man allegedly made a hoax call that a bomb was planted at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ house in Nagpur on Tuesday, police said.
The police traced the 30-year-old caller to Kanhan town, around 30 km from the city, and have detained him, Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said.
The Nagpur police’s control room received a call around 2 am from a man claiming that a bomb had been planted outside Fadnavis’ house. However, the caller abruptly disconnected the call, he said.
A police team with a bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and dog squad were rushed to the deputy chief minister’s house near Trikoni Park in Dharampeth and a thorough check was carried out inside and outside the premises, but no explosives were found, the senior official said.
Fadnavis and his family are currently in Mumbai, he said.
The caller was allegedly facing a power cut at his house and had made the hoax call in a fit of rage to mislead the police, Kumar said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 28, 2023
Bomb threat on Secundrabad-Belagavi train proved hoax

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Hyderabad: A phone call about a bomb planted on the Secunderabad-Belagavi special train proved to be a hoax, officials said on Thursday.
After receiving the call at Secunderabad railway station here Wednesday night, railway authorities swung into action.
Personnel of the Railway Police checked the entire train but found nothing suspicious.
The phone call was received at around 9.30 p.m. from one Balaraju, a resident of Devarampalli village in Rangareddy district.
He told police that he heard three men talking about the bomb being planted on the train.
The checking continued till 11.15 p.m.
The train number 07336 was scheduled to depart Secunderabad railway station at 10.20 p.m. for Belagavi in Karnataka but the bomb threat delayed the departure by about one-and-half hour.
The police would question Balaraju to check the veracity of his statement and the identify the three men.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 23, 2023
Hoax bomb call at Google office in Pune; caller held in Hyderabad

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Pune: Google company’s office in Maharashtra’s Pune city was briefly put on alert after it received a call about a bomb in the premises which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Monday.
A man, who allegedly made the call in an inebriated state, has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended from there, they said.
“The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune’s Mundhwa area, received a call late Sunday night that a bomb was kept in the office premises,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said.
After being alerted, Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out extensive searches, he said.
“The call later turned out to be a hoax. The caller has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended. He allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition,” the official said.
Further investigation is on into the incident, he added.
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February 13, 2023
Drunk IAF officer arrested for making hoax bomb call to delay train departure

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New Delhi: An Indian Air Force officer was on Saturday arrested for allegedly making a hoax bomb call to delay the departure of the Mumbai Rajdhani Express from New Delhi Railway Station, police said.
The PCR command room informed the police regarding the call at 4.48 pm, they said, adding that the train was scheduled to leave for Mumbai at 4.55 pm.
The Bomb Disposal Squad of the railways and the central district were called. The Railway Protection Force also joined the operation, but no explosive substances were found, police said.
“The mobile number was tracked and it was found that Sunil Sangwan (35), a Sergeant in the Indian Air Force, made the call,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) Hareesh HP said.
A police officer said an FIR under relevant IPC sections and the Indian Railway Act was registered against Sangwan and he was later arrested.
According to police, Sangwan was scheduled to board the train to go to his place of posting at the Airforce station in Santacruz, Mumbai. He got late and drunk dialed the railways to delay the departure of the train from Delhi.
“The caller was traced from coach B-9 seat number-1. His identity was established through his Indian Air Force Id card. The mobile handset which he used to make the PCR call has also been recovered,” the DCP said.
“The caller was subjected to a medical examination which confirmed he was drunk. Legal action, as per law, is being taken against him,” he added.

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January 21, 2023