Hyderabad, March 6 -- A bomb threat mail, which was sent to the Meteorological Department Hyderabad on early Friday morning, claiming the implantation of 14 RDX Bombs at the Hyderabad IMD office, turned out to be a hoax.

Srinivas, a scientist at the Hyderabad IMD, stated that after receiving the mail threat, the head office, police, and bomb squad were informed immediately. After a careful and thorough search of the premises, no explosives were recovered, and the mail turned out to be a hoax.

"We received a bomb threat mail from an unknown ID early this morning, around 7 am, stating that bombs had been planted in the Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad, and would be exploded in the afternoon. We immediately informed the head office, local ...