Bomb Threat Email to ISRO, Evacuation Ordered

ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru received a bomb threat email, triggering evacuation and a security sweep. No explosives were found, police declared it a hoax, and launched a probe to trace the sender.

Bomb Threat Email to ISRO, Evacuation Ordered

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in Bengaluru received a bomb threat through mail on Thursday, prompting a massive security response on Thursday.

Following the alert, police teams, along with bomb squad personnel, rushed to the site and conducted a thorough sanitisation exercise of the premises. 

Police and bomb disposal squads immediately launched a thorough search of the premises after the threat was reported. However, no suspicious object or explosive material was found during the operation.

North Bengaluru DCP Babasab Nemagouda said, "Around the afternoon, the ISRO headquarters in Sanjay Nagar police station limits received a bomb threat call. Our officials rushed to ISRO and thoroughly checked; nothing was found. ISRO officials are filing a complaint with us, and we'll take up the case for further investigation."

Addressing recent security concerns following the hoax call, Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge said that the government is vigilant towards such incidents.Kharge said, "There are hoax calls in many different places received. Our government is keenly watching all this. Even in Yadgir, there was recently an email that came in. Today, of course, there are all hoax calls, and these things keep happening. But we are always on our vigil and will ensure that nothing untoward happens."

After completing the search, police declared the bomb threat to be a hoax. Further investigation is underway to trace the origin of the email and identify those responsible.

This is not the first such incident. Last year, similar bomb threat emails were sent to several schools in Delhi, including DPS Dwarka, Krishna Model School, and Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, triggering panic and security sweeps across those institutions.