India, July 15 -- A first information report (FIR) was registered on Monday by the MRA Marg police for bomb threats received by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) over email.

Police said the FIR was registered after the BSE informed them about an email that claimed four bombs were planted in its building in south Mumbai. A search was carried out on the premises for the explosives and did not yield anything suspicious.

Police said the hoax email, which claimed the bombs would go off on Monday afternoon, was sent on Sunday but was spotted by the BSE official concerned only on Monday morning when they logged in.

The FIR was filed based on the complaint given by an assistant manager at the BSE. "The exchange has received similar e-mails from ...