Coimbatore Collectorate gets bomb threat as efforts go in vain to trace origin

Coimbatore Collectorate received an email bomb threat on Thursday, which was the 12th threat in recent times. The police sources said the threat mentioned that a bomb was placed on the third floor of the Collectorate complex.

The bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) team carried out extensive searches at the building and premises. The BDDS could not locate any suspicious object during the searches and declared the threat to be a hoax. Sources with the city police said continuous efforts are being made to trace the origin of the hoax threats, which are also being received by key offices and institutions in other districts as well.

Personnel attached to the cybercrime team are in the efforts to make a breakthrough in the hoax threats, they said.