Bomb scare at Hyderabad metro station turns out to be firecrackers in dustbin
Authorities defused the firecrackers by carrying out a controlled explosion in an open area in Hyderabad. No injuries were reported.
Panic gripped Uppal Metro Station in Hyderabad on Thursday after a bomb threat, but a swift police operation revealed the presence of only a few Diwali firecrackers.
Following the alert, the bomb squad conducted a thorough inspection of the premises before locating the package. Seven 'sutli' bombs, a popular Diwali firecracker, were recovered from a dustbin at the station.
The firecrackers had been placed inside an empty biryani box, sealed with plaster, and discarded in the bin. The bomb squad conducted a thorough inspection of the premises following the alert before locating the package.
Authorities defused the firecrackers by carrying out a controlled explosion in an open area. No injuries were reported. Police have identified the act as the work of miscreants and are investigating the matter further.
Meanwhile, the city has received several hoax bomb threats in the last few months.
On April 7, the Telangana government’s Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University received a bomb threat, which was later found to be a hoax.
The email claimed that bombs were planted in the university, police said. Upon receiving information, thorough checks were conducted, and the threat was declared to be a hoax, a police official said.
The CBI court, the Telangana High Court and the IMD office in the city have also been among several institutions which received hoax bomb threats during the last couple of months.