An inebriated Hyderabad resident made a hoax call to the Google headquarter in Mumbai to give a fake tip-off for an alleged bomb in the company’s Pune office.
“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 said.
The office staff, Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out extensive searches however when nothing was found, investigations revealed that the call was fake from a drunk resident of Hyderabad. The accused was then arrested by the Telangana police who later handled the accused to the Mumbai police for thorough investigation.
After receiving the threat call, a complaint was lodged by Google at BKC police station in Mumbai. The BKC police station has registered a case under Section 505 (1) (b) and 506 (2) of the IPC.
Investigation is still going on and no official statement has been released so far.
