Bomb threat to Bengaluru colleges triggers panic, police launch probe,turns out to be Hoax

Yogesh K Porwar 

Tension gripped among the staff and students when two institutions,including a private engineering college , received bomb threat emails which turned out to be hoax.

The police along with bomb detection and disposal squads rushed to the spot and evacuated the students and staff at RV College of Engineering and the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath for combing operation.

After thorough checks in the premises it was confirmed as hoax.

The college’s received the email threat on Monday night and came to know Tuesday morning at around 11 am, while checking the mails as part of routine work.

Based on the information the police rushed to the spot and evacuated the students and staff before conducting thorough checks.

The police are now analyzing the email details to track down the accused .