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.

Konaje police have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the caller.

Preliminary investigation has suggested that the call was made from a mobile phone, and technical teams are now examining call records to identify the source, a senior police officer said.

Police officials said stringent action would be taken against those involved, noting that bomb hoaxes are a serious offence under Indian law and can cause unnecessary panic and disruption, especially in critical healthcare settings, reports PTI.

Kanachur Medical College is one of the key medical institutions in the region, located in coastal Dakshina Kannada district, which borders Kerala.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that chaos broke out at Sassoon General Hospital after a security guard allegedly sent bomb threat messages to a doctor and the medical superintendent, falsely claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises. The threats triggered panic among hospital staff and patients. Police, accompanied by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), conducted a thorough search of the facility but found no explosives, confirming it was a hoax.

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