Overview
- Police evacuated Jabalpur’s Head Post Office and a nearby Passport Office after a bomb threat email on Wednesday.
- Bomb squads and dog teams searched both Jabalpur buildings for about an hour and found nothing, and officers labeled the threat a hoax.
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar post offices were also swept by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad after an email warned of 16 coordinated blasts using RDX and cyanide.
- Free Press Journal reported the alert to Sambhajinagar flowed from a message to the Passport Office in New Delhi to the Nagpur regional office, which then warned local officials and triggered brief service disruptions before work resumed.
- Investigations are now focused on tracing the sender and examining cross‑state emails, while BDDS chief Pankaj Singh ordered stricter parcel checks with metal detectors and officials expanded patrols at key sites.