New Delhi: Several hospitals in Jaipur on Sunday received bomb threats via email. Among the hospitals that received the bomb threats were CK Birla Hospital and Monilek Hospital. The emails were received at around 7 am. Teams of police officials and bomb disposal squad were dispatched to the hospitals.
“So far, four hospitals have said that they received such (bomb threat) emails. More hospitals are likely to confirm as and when they check emails,” Jaipur Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph told PTI.
In the emails, the sender claimed that bombs were kept under hospital beds and in bathrooms and also added that “terrorists ching and cultist” were behind this “massacre”, according to the news agency.
VIDEO | Many hospitals in Jaipur, Rajasthan received bomb threats. The hospitals got e-mails at 7 am in the morning. The hospitals which received bomb threats include CK Birla Hospital and Monilek Hospital. The police team and bomb disposal squad reached the hospitals immediately… pic.twitter.com/AjMGvj3mQC
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The incident comes a day after a bomb threat was received at Ambience Mall in Haryana’s Gurugram on Saturday. No suspicious thing was found during the search.
A prominent mall in Navi Mumbai’s Vashi area was also vacated on Saturday after receiving a bomb threat via email, which turned out to be a hoax.