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Bengaluru: IT firm in Ecospace Business Park gets hoax bomb call

Tense situation prevailed at the Ecospace Business Park in Bengaluru on Tuesday following a bomb threat call to an IT company, police sources said.

Written by : IANS

A private IT firm in Bengaluru’s RMZ Ecospace Business Park got a bomb threat call on Tuesday afternoon. Even as the employees were immediately evacuated, tense situation prevailed at the Ecospace Business Park in Bengaluru on Tuesday following a bomb threat call to an IT company, police sources said.

The threat call was made to the IDBO company located in the campus at 2 pm. The miscreant who made the call to the company had threatened that he had planted the bomb on its premises which will explode soon, the police sources said. After the bomb threat call, sleuths of the bomb disposal squad, dog squad and Internal Security Division rushed to the spot and started combing operations. The employees were evacuated and sent to a safe place.

Bellandur police have taken over the investigation of the case. Details are awaited. The police are yet to issue an official statement in this regard. Police sources Around 500 employees were evacuated and made to wait near the entrance gate as the premises was searched for bomb.  

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