Bhopal, March 16 -- The Weights and Measures Department Office in Bhopal, already facing a challenging situation due to the LPG crisis, today received a bomb threat too, resulting in panic amongst staffers and the evacuation of the premises for about three hours.
The bomb threat, however, turned out be a hoax, much to the relief of employees who resumed work from around 1.30 pm.
According to the superintendent of the department's office located at M P Nagar area, Shyamu Solanki, he noticed the bomb threat in one of the emails received on the department's account.
He said that the email threatened that cyanide bombs were placed inside 16 LEDs. The mail further said that the bombs would explode at 1 pm.
He said he contacted his seniors an...