AP CM office receives bomb threat call

Hyderabad, Aug 18: An anonymous call was made to Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister office at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat on Wednesday, Aug 18 claiming that a bomb had been planted inside the building.

"The phone call was received by the security wing in the afternoon. The caller claimed that a bomb has been kept in the 'C' Block of the Secretariat which houses the CMO," police said.

Senior police officials and bomb disposal squads swung into action and began searches at the CMO, police said.

K Rosaiah, Andhra Pradesh CM, several ministers and top officials were attending a video conferencing inside the conference hall of the Secretariat, while the searches were on, police said.

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