Hyderabad, January 20: There was a bomb scare in Hyderabad on Thursday once again. However, it turned out to be a hoax later.
According to the information, while one Koteswara Rao was proceeding for Vijayawada in a Scorpio on Thursday morning, an unidentified person, riding a two-wheeler, approached him and placed a “gift pack” in the car at Lakdi-ka-pool saying that he was benefited by him and requested him to keep the humble gift. However, Mr Koteswara Rao got suspicious and opened the cover and found a cellphone like object. He immediately informed the Bomb Squad about the “bomb” like object.
The Bomb Squad personnel, who rushed to the spot, also suspected that it was a bomb. However, on close examination of the object, they concluded that it was not a bomb and described it as a mischievous act of the unidentified person. The police and Mr Koteswara Rao heaved a sigh of relief.
It is learnt that of late some mischief-mongers were causing panic among well-to-do people in the posh Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills for some time by enacting such dramas. A mischief monger enacted the same drama in Mehdipatnam recently. With these, the city police got alerted and said they would concentrate on such miscreants.
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