Bomb threat sent to five-star Bengaluru hotels turns out to be hoax
Bengaluru
The South Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) said that at least three hotels in the south Indian city received bomb threats via email on Thursday (May 23). Authoritiesimmediately initiated an investigation, dispatching police, bomb squads and sniffer dogs to the hotels.
According to the authorities, the threats turned out to be a hoax after exhaustive search operations.
Local media reports citing police sources said the e-mail claimed that the bomb would explode in the early hours of Wednesday at around 2:00 am local time.
While speaking to the news agency ANI, DCP (South East) Bengaluru confirmed the incident.
He said, "A bomb threat mail was sent to three reputed hotels, including The Ottera in the city. Teams of the Bomb Squad and Police are currently at The Ottera hotel."
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The bomb threat came in the backdrop of the Rameshwaram cafe bomb blast. The arrest of suspected bombers revealed that they wanted to target software companies and techies in Bengaluru.
Notably, one of the hotels was reportedly in the middle of the tech corridor, beside a technology park housing many IT companies in Electronics City.
Bomb threat to schools
Similar bomb threats were made recently to well-known schools in Bengaluru, which raised concerns among parents and the authorities.
At least eight schools in various parts of Bengaluru received a bomb threat email earlier this month on May 14, which also turned out to be a hoax.
Similar to this, bomb threats were received by several schools in the Delhi-NCR region, Lucknow, and Jaipur recently.
(With inputs from agencies)