Fortis Hospital Mohali receives bomb threat email, police launch investigation

Chandigarh: Fortis Hospital in Punjab's Mohali received bomb threat email on Tuesday, prompting police to launch a search operation, officials said.

According to a recent PTI report, a senior police official said in Mohali, "The bomb threat to schools also mentioned the Fortis Hospital in Mohali, where we conducted anti-sabotage checks. Non-essential services were kept on hold while essential services continued."

He said the police were conducting checks in the schools.

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Security had already been strengthened in and around Fortis Hospital in Mohali after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was admitted there. Chief Minister Mann was re-admitted to the hospital on Monday evening, hours after he was discharged from the health facility. Mann was admitted again after he experienced exhaustion, said sources.

On Wednesday, sixteen private schools in Mohali received bomb threat emails, triggering evacuation and prompting detailed anti-sabotage checks by police.

However, after detailed inspection, no suspicious or explosive material was found at any of the locations.

The latest scare comes close on the heels of similar threats in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Haryana schools. All threats turned out to be hoaxes.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that following a bomb threat email received by the authorities of Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), security and surveillance across the campus have been significantly tightened. Police officials confirmed that multiple inspections by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad found the threat to be a hoax, though heightened vigilance continues.

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