US consulate receives hoax bomb threat
Mumbai, June 16 -- The US consulate in Bandra-Kurla-Complex (BKC) received a hoax call on their landline on Saturday night from an unknown person saying he would blow up the consulate with a bomb on Sunday. According to the police the caller used a number that appears to be local and they are tracking the phone number to locate the caller and register a case against him.
Once the United States of America's (US) consulate told the police about the call, a Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) team was sent to the spot. The entire area around the consulate was thoroughly checked and nothing suspicious was found, said a police officer.
The police said due the danger of this particular threat the area around the consulate was closed off and a senior officer oversaw the inspection of the area....
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