Mystery behind �bomb threat� to Infosys campus solved

Mystery behind �bomb threat� to Infosys campus solved

Mangalore Today News Network

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Mangalore, Sep 26, 2013: The mystery behind the ‘bomb threat’ to the Mangalore campus of IT major Infosys at Kottara on September 26, Thursday, has been solved. If there was panic at the campus which was evacuated soon after an anonymous caller  reportedly said that a bomb has been planted at the campus ,the situation has calmed down  now.

 

 

 

 

 

What has been gathered of late is that  the confusion was owing to a wrong call. As per information available, the call was made by a domestic help employed at the residence of Kotiprasad Alva at Jail Road, Kodialbail. When Alva was away, the maid  who intended to dial a number to Mumbai had actually pressed the number of the Infosys Mangalore campus.  The unknowing maid asked the person  at the other end if it was ‘Bombay Bombay?”

Meanwhile, the Infosys staff Hannan from Kerala, who did not understand the words of the lady  had  misinterpreted it as ‘Bomb Hai’ creating all the confusion. Even police  had rushed to the spot with a Sniffer Squad and bomb defusal squad  and had evacuated the building.

Situation has returned to normalcy now and all staff are back on duty.

Earlier Report

Panic as Infosys campus, Kottara receives bomb threat

Mangalore, Sep 26, 2013: The Infosys Campus at Kottara in Mangalore was evacuated on September 26,  Thursday after it received a call from an anonymous person stating that a bomb has been planted in the campus and it would soon explode. The call caused panic among the employees of the IT major’s campus in the city.

Police along with sniffer dog squad and bomb disposal squad rushed to the  campus and began a search operation.

Sources said the anonymous caller was a girl and  that the call was tracked down to a house at Kodialbail. The  number, it is said was in the name of one Kotiprasad Alva.

More details are awaited.