Google office in Pune gets hoax bomb threat, caller nabbed from Hyderabad

Mangalore Today News Network

Pune, Feb 13, 2023: Google’s Mumbai office on Monday received a threat call stating that there was a bomb planted at its Pune office. The office was briefly put on alert after receiving the call.

 

“Google company’s office in Maharashtra’s Pune city was briefly put on alert after it received a call about a bomb in the premises which later turned out to be a hoax, news agency PTI quoted police as saying.
The man who had made the call was allegedly in an inebriated state. He was traced to Hyderabad and was apprehended.

"The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune’s Mundhwa area, received a call late Sunday night that a bomb was kept in the office premises," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh was quoted by PTI as saying.

A case was registered at Mumbai’s BKC police station and a probe is currently underway.

Courtesy: India Today