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Bomb threat call turns hoax in LIC office

Jamshedpur, Dec 23 (UNI) An alert was sounded in the branches of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) here following a call of a bomb being planted in its divisional branch at Bistupur today.

A police team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Control room) swung into action soon after receiving an anonymous call that the bomb was planted in the LIC office.

The police team conducted a thorough search in the divisional office and branch number one at Bistupur after evacuating all the employees, but no bomb was found.

Divisional officer(Jamshedpur) of LIC B P Mohanty said though panic gripped the employees for a while following the police action, normal work was not hampered.

Mr Mohanty said, all the eight braches of LIC here were asked to remain alert following the incident.

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