Bomb threat at Chacha Nehru Hospital turns out to be hoax
New Delhi: The state-run Chacha Nehru Hospital in Shahdara received an email containing a bomb threat on Tuesday morning. Following this, officials confirmed that no suspicious items had been found on the hospital premises.
One of the Chacha Nehru hospital staff alerted the authorities upon receiving the bomb-threat email around 10 am.
Responding swiftly, a comprehensive team including the Bomb Detection Team, Bomb Disposal Squad, personnel from the Delhi Fire Service, and local law enforcement swiftly reached the children’s hospital. A thorough search operation commenced immediately, police officials confirmed.
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As a precautionary measure, patients were evacuated from the hospital, while security personnel conducted thorough checks lasting for one and a half hours.
According to a PTI report, The premises were evacuated and searches are underway. However, nothing has been recovered so far, they added.
“The hospital was packed with patients, so we had to ask them to vacate. The dog squad reached the hospital and a thorough search was conducted,” an officer said, adding that they were trying to identify the sender, reports TOI.