Alert in Gujarat after Somnath temple, BJP offices receive bomb threats: Cop
A bomb squad and the fire brigade were sent to the temple, and searches were ordered at the other sites too
A security alert was triggered in Gujarat after bomb threats were received by the Somnath Temple, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state office in Koba, Gandhinagar, and the party's Khanpur office in Ahmedabad. The bomb squad and fire brigade were dispatched to the temple, with searches ordered at the other locations. Officials stated they were investigating the sender and found no suspicious activity.
The emails were forwarded to the Punjab police, who then relayed them to their Gujarat counterparts. Subsequent searches at the sites yielded no evidence of wrongdoing. The authorities suspect the message was a hoax, and cyber teams are analyzing the digital trail. Ahmedabad's mayor, Hitesh Barot, and city BJP secretary, Umangbhai Nayak, toured the Khanpur office during the investigation.
Police from Shahpur station reported that the bomb squad and dog squad conducted a thorough search of the Khanpur BJP office and found nothing suspicious. This threat follows a series of similar hoax emails, which led to the arrest of two individuals, Roshan Kumar from Bihar and Gulshan Kumar Singh from Jharkhand, in September. The authorities recovered over 513,000 email IDs and passwords from the accused, and they are now examining potential links to financial support and cryptocurrency activities involving Bangladesh. It is unclear if Monday's mail is connected to that syndicate.
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