9 Ggm schools, mini-secretariat evacuated after hoax bomb alert
Gurugram, July 14 -- A hoax bomb threat email sent to the Mini Secretariat in Gurugram, which houses several government offices including the office of the deputy commissioner (DC), triggered evacuation and large-scale security checks on Monday morning. The same email was also sent to at least nine schools across the city, police said.
Police deployed bomb disposal squads and dog squads to the Mini Secretariat and all four schools. Thorough searches were conducted and no suspicious object was found, officials said.
Sandeep Turan, Gurugram police spokesperson, said the threat email was received around 11am on Monday. "Police teams were immediately deployed to all the locations; evacuation and search operations are underway, and the investigation is ongoing," he said.
Turan added that preliminary investigation indicates the email was sent from an IP address traced to Bangladesh.
"While these threats were declared a hoax, the threats are still being assessed, and the investigation is still ongoing," Turan said.
According to Gurugram Police, the email also mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed rally in Jind on July 17 and warned of a bomb attack at the venue.
The Mini Secretariat was evacuated as a precaution, while students, staff and other occupants of the affected schools were safely evacuated during the searches, officials associated with the evacuation added. Police did not disclose the identities of all the schools that received the email....
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