Maharashtra’s Palghar Collector Workplace Receives Faux Bomb Menace E-mail

Palghar:

The collector’s workplace in Maharashtra’s Palghar obtained a bomb risk e mail within the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the police to evacuate the premises, officers mentioned.

The risk turned out to be a hoax, a senior police officer mentioned late at night time.

An e mail was despatched to the official ID of the collectorate round 6.23 am, stating that RDX was planted on the premises and it might explode at 3.30 pm, they mentioned.

District Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil, alongside along with his senior officers, rushed to the spot and launched a search.

Groups with hand-held steel detectors had been stationed on the collectorate, and as a precautionary measure, a QRT squad was requisitioned, Patil informed reporters.

Chief of Catastrophe Administration Cell Vivekanand Kadam mentioned the premises was evacuated at 11 am, and a search is underway.

Mr Patil mentioned the risk message turned out to be pretend as no suspicious object was discovered.

He mentioned Palghar Police was taking the assistance of the Maharashtra cyber cell to detect the origin of the mail, and additional steps are awaited.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)