Hoax bomb threat to Vellore Collectorate

A weaponry squad combed the Collectorate bureau connected Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) successful Vellore implicit a hoax weaponry menace issued done email connected Saturday.

Police said the threat, received done an email to Vellore Collectorate astir 2.45 p.m, warned of a imaginable detonation astatine the Collectorate office, starring to swift enactment by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS).

The Collectorate analyzable houses captious authorities departments specified arsenic the District Collector’s office, District Revenue Office, Civil Supplies Department, Department of Geology and Mining, and the Agriculture Department.

The gathering analyzable besides accommodates nationalist work offices including the District Consumer Forum, Department of Social Welfare, Land Tax Department, and the Tamil Development Department.

Given the ample fig of departments functioning wrong the premises, the Collectorate witnesses dense footfall each day, with hundreds of citizens visiting for assorted authoritative purposes.

Following the weaponry threat, the BDDS teams, assisted by sniffer dogs, conducted search operations successful and astir the premises — including parking tons and corridors astatine the Collectorate. The squad did not observe immoderate imaginable explosive devices. A lawsuit was registered by Sathuvachari police. A probe is underway.