Mangalore, Sep 26: Citizens of Mangalore breathed a sigh of relfief after authorities allayed fears of bomb plantation at Infosys campus at Kottara in the city, saying miscommunication between a compny employee and an housemade was to blame for the panic.
Earlier, reports of a possible terror attack spread through the media and social networks.
After initial reports of bomb threat call, security was heightened and police search teams were immediately deployed at the spot, searching for possibilities of a bomb inside the Infosys campus.
The call was reportedly made from an anonymous female from a house located in Kodialbail in the city.
However, as police search operations drew to a close, it was soon discovered that the 'threat' call was a false alarm and was the result of some miscommunication.
Having immediately traced the 'call' to the house of Kotiprasad Alva in Kodialbail, police sources on verification discovered that the caller was a local maid who had rung up Infosys by mistake.
It is said that the maid, having inadvertently dialled a wrong number, asked the receiver whether the place was Bombay. A employee at Infosys who answered the call at the call-desk mistook the words for 'Bomb hai' (There is a bomb) in Hindi, and raised the alarm.
Having confirmed that there was no threat to the building or the premises, employees of Infosys began re-entering the campus after security check.
ACP Kavita and circle inspector Manjunath were present at the scene with their teams.
Earlier report:
The Infosys campus at Kottara in Mangalore turned into a fortress on Thursday afternoon after it received a bomb threat call from an anonymous caller.
“A call was received at the Infosys office this afternoon stating that a bomb had been placed inside the campus,” Commissioner of Police Mangalore Manish Kharbikar said.
Following the call, bomb disposal and dog squads with police personnel were deployed to comb the entire area and the campus at Kottara in Mangalore was evacuated, he said.
The search operation has not yielded anything yet, Mr. Kharbikar said, adding, “However, police are still combing the area to rule out any possibility.”
“We will also investigate from where the call was made, and people behind it,” he added.
According to police sources, the call was made from a house located in Kodialbail in the city, and the number was in the name of one Kotiprasad Alva.
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