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Second bomb threat targets West Bengal health department headquarters

Bomb disposal and dog squads have been deployed in Salt Lake as investigators track the email’s sender.

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Overview

  • An email received Tuesday at Swasthya Bhavan warned that IEDs planted inside would detonate within 30 minutes of 5 PM.
  • Authorities treated Monday’s similar message as a hoax before confirming Tuesday’s threat triggered a full security response.
  • Police dispatched bomb disposal and dog squads along with a large contingent to conduct an exhaustive search of the Sector V premises.
  • Officers at Electronic Complex Police Station are using digital forensics to trace the origin and identify those responsible for the threats.
  • The episode is the latest in a series of hoax bomb alerts that have targeted government offices in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Haryana.