Security ramped up at UP CM Yogi Adityanath's home after bomb hoax call
1 min read . Updated: 17 Feb 2023, 10:18 PM IST
PremiumThe state bomb disposal squad had carried out an extensive search after the Delhi Police control room received a call about there being a bomb inside the CM's Kalidas Marg residence.
Security was ramped up at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence on Friday following a hoax bomb threat call. The state bomb disposal squad had carried out an extensive search after the Delhi Police control room received a call about there being a bomb inside his Kalidas Marg residence.
“The Lucknow Police carried out precautionary search and the entire stretch along the CM’s residence was sanitized by the BDS. No suspicious thing was found," officials at Gautampalli police station told Hindustan Times.
The police are now making efforts to trace the unknown caller.
According to the police, government officials and security staffers deployed at the CM's residence have also been informed about the situation and urged to remain alert. Officials said that the Delhi Police would be investigating the hoax call.
Earlier this week, the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court had received a hoax bomb call. The police control room here in Maharashtra received the threat call from Bihar at around 5.45 pm on Tuesday and then conducted a search of the building.
“I have paid money and my work is not being done. So I kept a bomb in the high court," police officials quoted the unknown caller as stating. Following this, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad had reached the high court building and carried out an extensive search, but found nothing suspicious.
Meanwhile, the crime branch of Mumbai Police is investigating a similar call received by a senior police official reccently. A person claiming to be an MLA had called a joint commissioner of police in Mumbai and claimed that there would be a bomb blast in the neighbouring Mira- Bhayander area. An FIR was registered at Gamdevi police station in South Mumbai and investigation transferred to the Crime Intelligence Unit, an official said on Thursday.
(With inputs from agencies)