New Delhi: A bomb scare outside a hospital in Noida, Uttar Pradesh triggered panic in the area on Friday morning. Police stated that a suspicious device was found outside a private hospital in Noida, following which expert teams including the bomb disposal squad reached there.
“We cordoned off the area. Expert teams reached here. Prima facie, it appears to be neither an explosive nor a detonator. Bomb Disposal Squad diffused it,” said Alok Singh, Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddh Nagar.
A suspicious device found in Sector 63 area of Gautam Buddh Nagar
"We cordoned off the area. Expert teams reached here. Prima facie, it appears to be neither an explosive nor a detonator. Bomb Disposal Squad diffused it," says Alok Singh, Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddh Nagar pic.twitter.com/KT4NS3P9JQ
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This comes a day after the Kailash Hospital in Noida Sector 27 received an anonymous bomb threat.
A person had called on the landline number of Kailash Hospital in Sector 27 and said there was a bomb placed in the basement of the building, a police officer said.
“Police personnel, bomb-disposal squads, dog squads and fire tenders had reached the hospital immediately and the building was checked for any suspicious item. It turned out to be a hoax call,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.
Kailash Hospital in Noida is part of a healthcare chain owned by BJP leader and Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma.