A bomb threat was received at Hotel Dwarkamai in the Ganeshpeth Colony area of Nagpur in Maharashtra. Teams of bomb disposal squad and police reached the spot and investigated the matter.
This is a developing story, more details are awaited.
The development comes just hours after 40 schools in Delhi received a bomb threat mail on Monday with the sender demanding USD 30,000, said a police official.
The threat was sent in a single e-mail marked to the city's prominent schools including DPS RK Puram; GD Goenka, Paschim Vihar; The British School, Chanakyapuri; The Mother's International, Aurobindo Marg; Modern School, Mandi House; DPS Vasant Kunj; Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung; DPS East of Kailash and Salwan Public Schools.
Classes were suspended in most of the schools that received the threat and students were sent back home.
Nothing suspicious has been found yet, said a police official at around 9:30 am, adding further operations are underway.
According to PTI, quoting sources, the email was delivered to the schools' email ID at 11:38 pm on Sunday, when the schools were closed, from scottielanza@gmail.com.
"I planted multiple bombs inside the building. The bombs are small and hidden very well. It will not cause very much damage to the building, but many people will be injured when the bombs detonate," the content of the mail read.
It also said, "You all deserve to suffer and lose limbs." "If I do not receive 30,000 dollars. The group =E2=80=9CKNR=E2=80=9D is behind this attack," it reads.
The schools alerted the parents about the bomb scare and asked the parents to collect their wards from their respective bus stops.