Delhi: Bomb threat in transport bus found to be fake

New Delhi, Mar 2: The Delhi police, after investigating a bomb threat call on Wednesday, Mar 2 in a transport corporation bus, found that it was a fake call. The hoax call was made on March 2 (today) and nothing was recovered after hours-long search.

Sources from Delhi police said that they received a bomb threat call saying explosives were planted in a DTC bus running on the Shahadra-Badarpur route. Soon police rushed to the spot and stopped the bus in Preeti Vihar and evacuated people. After the search operation, no bomb was found.

Meanwhile, following the threat, police have issued alert in all bus stands in Delhi. Earlier, on Feb 28, Delhi police had arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives who were planning to carry out attacks in the national capital.

OneIndia News