Hoax bomb threat to Erode Head Post Office

A weaponry menace to the Erode Head Post Office connected Gandhiji Road successful the metropolis turned retired to beryllium a hoax aft the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and constabulary unit conducted a thorough expanse of the premises connected Monday.

The constabulary said the Regional Passport Office, Coimbatore, received an email astatine 10.15 a.m. stating that a weaponry had been planted astatine the Head Post Office and would detonate astatine 12.15 p.m. The territory constabulary were alerted, and a squad led by Town Deputy Superintendent of Police M. Muthukumaran, on with the BDDS and a sniffer dog, was pressed into service.