Bomb Threat At Lucknow Railway, Metro Stations, Police Finds Out It To Be Hoax

Lucknow police received a hoax phone call regarding bombs placed in three different locations around the city. But they later found it to be false.

A hoax bomb threat was received at three places in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, including Charbagh, which is one of the busiest areas. According to the Lucknow police, a person had called 112 and said that bombs were planted at the Hussainganj Metro Station, Charbagh Metro Station and Alambagh.

The police swiftly acted on this and sent the bomb disposal squad along with the dog squad to investigate. They found no evidence of a bomb and confirmed that it was false information. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Central Manisha Singh, also confirmed this information.

The authorities said that they haven’t been able to trace the caller yet.

"A caller had informed 112 that there is information about a bomb at Hussainganj Metro Station, Charbagh Station and Alambagh. On this information, the dog squad and BDDS (Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad) checked and the information was found to be false. The checking has been completed at all places. We got information about the Charbagh railway station and checked there as well," ADCP to reporters.