Caller Detained After Rs 40-Crore Bomb Threat at Jaipur's SMS Hospital

No explosives were found during a two to three hour sweep following a threat traced by cyber teams to Haryana.

Overview

SMS Hospital in Jaipur, which received a bomb threat with a Rs 40 crore demand Wednesday, saw police launch an immediate emergency response.
Police, bomb squads, dog squads, Civil Defence and fire brigade teams searched the campus for two to three hours and found no explosive.
The threat was reported to the state Police Control Room, known as the Abhay Command Centre, which triggered a campus-wide check of buildings and wards.
A cyber team traced the caller to Haryana, where police detained a suspect who is being taken to Jaipur for questioning.
Officials report a surge in similar alerts across Rajasthan, with Jaipur logging over 20 cases in 2024, 34 in 2025, and nearly 40 bomb-threat alerts statewide since January.