53-year-old dentist under scanner for hoax bomb threat at Noida hospital
Noida: A 53-year-old woman dentist has been booked for allegedly making a phone call to police falsely informing them about a bomb threat at a district hospital in Noida.
A mentally challenged dentist has been booked at a district hospital here, officials said on Sunday.
On Saturday morning, the emergency helpline received a call alerting them about a bomb being placed in the combined district hospital in Sector 30, said sub-inspector Balvir Singh, in charge of the Sector 29 police post.
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"The information was immediately relayed to the local police post in charge and a police team reached the hospital for checking," he said.
"Upon inspection at the hospital, it was ascertained that the information about the presence of a bomb was false," said Singh, on whose complaint the FIR was lodged against the dentist. He claimed that the woman had spread a rumour and misused public service (police).
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