India News | Directorate of Family Welfare in Lucknow Gets Hoax Bomb Threat

Lucknow, May 26 (PTI) The Directorate of Family Welfare in Lucknow received a bomb threat via e-mail on Monday, police said.

While the e-mail claimed that IEDs (improvised explosive devices) have been planted in the office, no explosive device was detected after an extensive search, they said.

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Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Dhananjay Singh Kushwaha said, "In the morning, there was an e-mail, which said that IEDs have been planted at the Directorate of Family Welfare. The bomb disposal squad searched the premises for close to 2 hours. No bomb was detected."

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