Bomb Scare at Medanta-The Medcity creates panic, culprit identified as Doctor
The doctor was sacked from the hospital in 2017 allegedly made the hoax bomb call and triggered the panic
Gurugram: Panic was created at the Medanta-The Medicity, here when the hospital authorities received a hoax call that a bomb has been planted at the facility. While police rushed to the spot to diffuse the situation of the bomb scare, the investigation further revealed a shocker at that call was made by one of the doctors who was previously working at the hospital and was sacked in 2017.
The incident took place on Thursday at the Medanta-The Medicity, a hoax caller has ranged up and informed that the bomb has been planted at the facility.
The call came around 12.15 pm on Thursday, but the police said no bomb was found in a search at the hospital. An FIR was registered late in the day on the basis of a complaint filed by the medical director of Medanta – The Medicity. An FIR was registered against the unidentified caller under sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC at the Sadar police station, and all angles are being investigated, SHO Dinesh Kumar said.
According to the complaint by Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, the hoax call triggered scare and panic at the hospital. The police then put the phone number on surveillance.
"The caller said there might be a terror attack at the hospital and that a bomb has been planted there, and disconnected the call," Gupta said in the complaint.
"We have put the number on surveillance, and the accused will be arrested soon," he added. Investigation further revealed that the call was actually made by a doctor who worked at the hospital earlier
A doctor, who was sacked by Medanta Hospital in 2017, allegedly made a hoax call to the facility saying a bomb had been planted there, police said on Friday.
The doctor's identity was ascertained after the police tracked his phone number, which he allegedly used in making the call, they said, adding that they have launched a search to arrest him.
"The details of the mobile number used in making the call have been extracted. As per the number, the location of the caller was traced to Delhi. A preliminary investigation has revealed that the caller is a doctor in Delhi and earlier used to work in Medanta Hospital till 2017. Efforts are on to arrest him," inspector Dinesh Kumar, SHO of Sadar police station, said later on Friday.
