Bomb scare at Arogya Hospital after owner receives threat on WhatsApp

Bareilly: Chaos stirred at the Arogya hospital in Bareilly after the owner of the hospital received a threat message on Whatsapp about someone planting a bomb on the hospital premises.

The Civil Police along with the Dog Squad and the Bomb Disposal Squad rushed to the hospital on Friday at noon upon getting the information but to no avail as no bomb was recovered from the site. The incident created panic and fear among the hospital staff and the patients.

The owner of the hospital received the message from a person on Friday morning who said that the hospital will be blown up at 2 pm with the help of a remote and shared a picture of the bomb. He said that if the hospital wants to save everyone then the owner must contact him. The atmosphere inside the hospital changed immediately after hearing the news. Patients and staff members started to panic and cry thinking that they will die soon.   

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However, upon the arrival of the police, no such bomb was discovered inside the Arogya hospital. For safety, police are on alert now and directed the people to stay away from the hospital.

Following the incident, police shifted the patients to other hospitals. The cops are also trying to identify the person's phone number who sent the threat messages as well as asking the locals for any information related to the case.

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SP city Ravindra Kumar told TOI, "The hospital staff and its owner received a bomb threat on WhatsApp. We are trying to trace the sender of the messages. Several teams of experts are carrying out thorough checking of the hospital. No explosive material has been found so far."