Mohali: Fortis Hospital in Punjab’s Mohali and nearby schools received a bomb threat on Tuesday prompting police to launch search operation, officials said. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is also admitted to Fortis Hospital for treatment.
Security had already been strengthened in and around Fortis hospital in Mohali after C
hief Minister Bhagwant Mann was admitted there. Mann was re-admitted in the hospital on Monday evening, hours after he was discharged from the health facility. The Punjab CM was admitted again after he experienced exhaustion, accoding to sources.
The threat has been issued in the name of the Khalistan National Army. Similar threats have been reported in Mohali and Chandigarh in the recent past, but they have turned out to be hoaxes. Despite this, Punjab Police is proactively investigating the matter.
Earlier, Mann had left the hospital and traveled directly to Moga to participate in an event as part of the anti-drug campaign, Yudh Nashian Virudh. After addressing the gathering there, he returned to the hospital for further care.