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Bomb Threat Email Triggers Search at Itarsi Ordnance Factory, Police Find Nothing

Investigators are tracing the email’s origin.

Overview

  • The factory’s official email account received the threat late Monday warning of a “bomb blast” by 12 noon Tuesday and containing objectionable content, police said.
  • Hours-long sweeps by bomb detection and disposal teams and dog squads, including units from Chhindwara and Bhopal, found nothing suspicious across the premises.
  • Police registered a case at Pathrota police station and the cyber cell is working to identify the sender by tracking the email’s IP and origin.
  • Senior officials, including Additional SP Abhishek Rajan, oversaw the operation after the management alerted authorities on Tuesday morning.
  • This is the second such email to the facility in about eight months following an April 17 threat later deemed a hoax at the sensitive defence production unit.