Mumbai: hotel receives bomb threat, turns out to be hoax

Mumbai, Aug 21 (PTI) A luxury hotel in Worli in Central Mumbai received an email threatening bomb blasts but it turned out to be a hoax, police said on Thursday.

The email, written in English, was received by the hotel on Wednesday night.

It claimed there would be blasts of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) packed with RDX in three rooms, said a police official.

It also mentioned a seemingly bizarre demand that a police association be formed in Tamil Nadu, he said.

After a thorough check by the police's Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, nothing suspicious was found inside the hotel, the official said.

Police are trying to track the IP address of the email, he said.

Some educational institutes and schools in the city had recently received emails threatening blasts. Some of these emails had been sent using VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) to mask the sender's identity and location, the official said, adding that further probe was underway. PTI DC KRK