Bomb Scare rocks - Kanachur Medical College in Mangalore
Mangaluru: A bomb threat call to Kanachur Medical College near Deralakatte in Ullal taluk sparked panic on Wednesday, prompting an emergency response from the police and bomb disposal squad. The threat call was later confirmed to be a hoax.
According to officials, an unidentified caller made a threat over the phone to Kanachur Medical College near Deralakatte in Ullal taluk, claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises. The college comes under the Konaje police station limits.
Authorities immediately evacuated people from the hospital and informed the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS), who came along with sniffer dogs and personnel from the local police force, news agency PTI reported.
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After a thorough search lasting several hours, no explosives were found, and the threat was declared false.
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