Bomb threat at Chandigarh passport office
Chandigarh’s passport office in Industrial Area Phase‑2 received a bomb threat but police searches on site found nothing suspicious and normal operations resumed after clearance (tribuneindia.com). Local authorities conducted a sweep and reported no explosives or dangerous materials (tribuneindia.com).
A bomb threat email sent police to Chandigarh’s passport office on Monday, but a sweep of the Industrial Area Phase 2 building found nothing suspicious. (tribuneindia.com) Sector 31 Station House Officer Hari Om Sharma said people were asked to step outside for a while so the search could be carried out without causing panic inside the office complex. He said officers checked the entire building and did not find any explosive or dangerous material. (tribuneindia.com) Press Trust of India reported the threat was sent by email and that searches were conducted on April 13 at the Regional Passport Office in Chandigarh’s Industrial Area Phase 2. The news agency said the investigation is continuing after the all-clear. (ptinews.com) The scare fits a pattern in Chandigarh over the past six weeks. On March 1, another threat email warned of 12 toxic-gas bombs at the Sector 17 Inter-State Bus Terminus, the Passport Seva Kendra in Sector 34 and the main passport office in the Industrial Area. (indianexpress.com) In that March case, police evacuated the passport office, called in dog squads and fire brigade teams, and later said nothing suspicious was found. The Indian Express reported the email had reached the office’s official address at 11.46 pm on March 1. (indianexpress.com) A separate report on Monday said the latest email claimed 14 cyanide-laced improvised explosive devices had been planted across Chandigarh and would explode at 1:15 pm. That report said the message was received by officials linked to the Ministry of External Affairs. (uniindia.com) The Ministry of External Affairs runs the passport system, while local police handle the immediate response when a threat reaches a passport office. In Chandigarh, that meant clearing the site, searching the premises and reopening after the check ended without a recovery. (ptinews.com)
