Man held for threatening to blow up Lucknow metro station

July 09, 2023 20:38

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A man was arrested in Banda for allegedly making hoax calls on the helpline numbers of the chief minister and the police, threatening to blow up a metro station in Lucknow, the police said on Sunday.

Additional superintendent of police Lakshmi Niwas Mishra said, "We have arrested one Ramesh Shukla, for making a hoax call of blowing up a metro station."

Security was heightened and a bomb disposal squad deployed at the Hazratganj metro station in Lucknow in response to the phone call reporting a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said on Saturday.

According to police, the accused dialled the helpline numbers of CM and police on Friday night and said that one Dinesh Tiwari is going to blow up a metro station in Lucknow.

"Following investigation it was found that Dinesh had nothing to do with the call. Ramesh made the call to try to frame him," the officer said. -- PTI

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