A phone call claiming that a bomb was planted inside the Raj Bhavan premises here and could go off anytime threw the city police into a ti♚zzy on December 11 night.
The police 🧸scramblꦚed all over the Governor's official residence and finally concluded that it was a hoax call.
According to Raj Bhavan sources, the call was💙 made from Bidar, the northern district of Karnataka at the Maharashtra border.
"Investigations revealed that the call was made from Bidar. After the call, the phone was switchedꦆ off. Police are trying to trace the caller," a Raj Bhavan official told PTI on Tuesday. He aဣlso said the Governor is currently in Belagavi.
Bengaluru Deput💦y Commissioner of Police (West division) Shekhar H Tekkannavar said the NIA control room received an anonymous call in the midnight following which the Bengaluru police was alerted.
"After thꦺe intense search nothing 🥂was found. We are investigating the matter. So far no one has been arrested," he said.
-With PTI Input
