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Indore RTO Cyanide Bomb Email Declared Hoax After Police Sweep

Police cyber units are tracing the sender, reflecting a wider pattern of emailed threats across Madhya Pradesh.

Overview

  • An email to the Indore Regional Transport Office claimed 15 cyanide gas bombs had been planted and would detonate during the day.
  • The message, sent Sunday and discovered when the office opened Monday, prompted immediate police notification and an evacuation.
  • Tejaji Nagar police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad searched the complex and found no suspicious objects.
  • DCP Krishan Lalchandani and ARTO Archana Mishra detailed the response, confirming the threat was a false alarm.
  • Cyber teams are investigating the email’s origin as similar threat messages have recently targeted government offices, airports, banks, hospitals and schools across the state.