According to police, Google’s Pune office received a bomb threat call on Monday, which turned out to be a hoax.
The man who allegedly made the call was traced to Hyderabad and detained by the Telangana Police. A team of Mumbai Police has left for Telangana to bring the accused to Mumbai.
The police reportedly said the caller didn’t have a number for the Google office in Pune, so he dialled Google office headquarters in Mumbai and made the threatening call. When Mumbai Police were alerted to the call, they contacted their counterparts in Pune, who rushed to the multinational company’s office, located in a multi-storey commercial building in Pune’s Mundhwa area.
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The Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad carried out extensive searches but could not find anything suspicious. According to the police, the caller has been identified as Panayam Shivanand, who hails from Hyderabad.
After receiving the threat call, a complaint was lodged by Google at the BKC police station in Mumbai. The BKC Police has registered a case against the caller under Section 505(1)(b) and 506(2) of IPC.
“After being alerted, Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out extensive searches,” Pune Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said.
“The call later turned out to be a hoax. The caller has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended. He allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition,” the official said.
An investigation into the matter is currently underway.
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