New Delhi: Gurugram's Medanta hospital received a hoax call saying that a bomb has been planted within the facility, an FIR has been lodged against the unknown caller.
The call came around 12:15 pm on Thursday, but no bomb was found in a search at the hospital, police are looking for the hoax caller, according to a PTI report.
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An FIR was registered later in the day on the basis of a complaint filed by the medical director of Medanta The Medicity. The PTI report stated that, according to the complaint by Dr Sanjeev Gupta, the hoax call triggered scare and panic at the hospital. The police have put the phone number on surveillance.
"The caller said there might be a terror attack at the hospital and that a bomb has been planted there, and disconnected the call," Gupta said in the complaint. After the call, the police were contacted and a bomb disposal squad and canine team were pressed into action according to a TOI report but no bomb was found after a thorough search. They concluded there was no threat.
An FIR was registered against the unidentified caller under sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC at the Sadar police station, and all angles are being investigated, SHO Dinesh Kumar told PTI.
"We have put the number on surveillance, and the accused will be arrested soon," he added.