Bomb threat at DU college turns out hoax: Police
New Delhi (PTI): Hours after a bomb threat message was received by a staff member at the Ram Lal Anand College of the Delhi University on Thursday, it has turned out to be a hoax, police said.
"It is suspected that some mischievous element made the call from an international number," a police officer said, adding that the police might register an FIR in the matter.
The officer said searches were conducted across the campus for at least three hours after which the police declared the call as a hoax.
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Rohit Meena said the staff member received a call on WhatsApp at 9:34 am.
Subsequently, the police along with an ambulance, a Bomb Detection Team and Bomb Disposal Squad, rushed to the college and evacuated the students and staff, he said.
The principal of the college Rakesh Kumar Gupta said regular office work was resumed after the police concluded their search and declared the campus safe.
"One of our staff members received the bomb threat through a WhatsApp call on the number used for sending broadcast messages to students. We immediately informed the police and the students and the staff were safely evacuated. The situation is under control now," Gupta told PTI.
"We have resumed our office work but classes have been suspended and students were asked to leave the campus," he said.
No examination or any other scheduled activity was disrupted due to the hoax call, he added.
"This was the first time we received a bomb threat. This has never happened in the history of the college as far as I remember," the principal said.
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
