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Time of India
12-05-2025
- Time of India
Holkar stadium receives multiple bomb threat emails, police search yields no explosives
Indore: The Holkar Stadium in Indore once again received a threatening email claiming that a bomb was planted on the premises and would soon detonate. Following the receipt of the email, the administrative officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) promptly informed the police.A police team, along with a bomb squad, rushed to the stadium and initiated a thorough search, but no suspicious items were found. Tukoganj Police Station Inspector Jitendra Yadav confirmed that he received a call from the MPCA on Monday morning, informing him about the latest threat received on their official email. The sender of the email claimed the presence of a planted bomb. Subsequently, senior police officials were notified, and the bomb disposal squad was dispatched to the stadium. However, the extensive checking yielded no is the second such threat received by the MPCA in just four days. On May 9, the cricket association received a similar threatening email stating that there would be a bomb blast at the stadium. That email also warned against "messing with Pakistan" and claimed the presence of Pakistani sleeper cells across the country, urging the MPCA to "make their govt understand." Following that earlier threat, MPCA's Rohit Pandit alerted the Tukoganj police station. Inspector Jitendra Yadav and his team also conducted a search at that time but found to the concern, the Bombay Hospital in Indore also received a similar bomb threat via email on Saturday. According to DCP Abhinay Vishwakarma, a team conducted a thorough check of the hospital premises but found nothing suspicious. Currently, the Crime Branch teams are investigating all the threatening emails as Punjab National Bank and some schools received a similar threatening email recently.


Time of India
12-05-2025
- Time of India
Indore stadium receives another bomb threat email; people evacuated
People were evacuated from the Holkar Stadium in Madhya Pradesh's Indore after the premises received a fresh bomb threat on Monday, police said. This is the second time in three days that the stadium has received a bomb threat, an official said. #Operation Sindoor The damage done at Pak bases as India strikes to avenge Pahalgam Why Pakistan pleaded to end hostilities Kashmir's Pahalgam sparks Karachi's nightmare "We received information from the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) office that they had received an email threatening to blow up the Holkar Stadium," Tukoganj police station in-charge Jitendra Singh Yadav told PTI. He said people were evacuated from the stadium, and a bomb squad was searching the premises. No suspicious object was found at the stadium, the official said. He said the MPCA had received a similar email on May 9, but it turned out to be a hoax. Live Events Another police official said in the past months, fake emails threatening to bomb Indore airport, bank branches, hospitals, and schools have been received, and an accused has been arrested in one case.


Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
Bomb threat emails to MPCA, Bombay Hospital from same ID
Indore: The email ID from which bomb threat was sent to Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association on Friday morning was also used to send the threat to Bombay hospital too at almost the same police registered a case against an unidentified person on Saturday, acting on a complaint by the hospital authorities. The identical timing and sender of the threats raised suspicions of a coordinated hoax, prompting intensive investigation by local authorities and bomb threat message, received on the hospital's official email ID (msofficebhi@ claimed that the hospital premises would be blown up. The email was sent from 'divijprabhakaralakshmi@ the same ID from which bomb threat was issued to receiving the mail, hospital deputy director Rahul Parashar filed a formal complaint with Lasudia police. A Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out a search."As we received the email around 9.30 am on Friday, we alerted Lasudia police, following which the search was carried out at around 10.30 am at the hospital, but nothing was found," said police station TI Taresh Soni said that a case was registered under section 351 (4) of BNS (committing the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and that an investigation was underway. Authorities are treating the matter with utmost seriousness, he DCP Rajesh Dandotiya said that both cases were being investigated. On Saturday, bomb disposal teams carried out searches at multiple locations across the city, including bus stands and shopping malls. Nothing suspicious was has witnessed a series of such threats in recent times. In previous incidents, fake bomb threat emails were sent to institutions like IPS College, airport and several bank branches, including Punjab National Bank, prompting security sweeps and The email ID from which bomb threat was sent to Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association on Friday morning was also used to send the threat to Bombay hospital too at almost the same police registered a case against an unidentified person on Saturday, acting on a complaint by the hospital authorities. The identical timing and sender of the threats raised suspicions of a coordinated hoax, prompting intensive investigation by local authorities and bomb threat message, received on the hospital's official email ID (msofficebhi@ claimed that the hospital premises would be blown up. The email was sent from 'divijprabhakaralakshmi@ the same ID from which bomb threat was issued to receiving the mail, hospital deputy director Rahul Parashar filed a formal complaint with Lasudia police. A Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out a search."As we received the email around 9.30 am on Friday, we alerted Lasudia police, following which the search was carried out at around 10.30 am at the hospital, but nothing was found," said police station TI Taresh Soni said that a case was registered under section 351 (4) of BNS (committing the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and that an investigation was underway. Authorities are treating the matter with utmost seriousness, he DCP Rajesh Dandotiya said that both cases were being investigated. On Saturday, bomb disposal teams carried out searches at multiple locations across the city, including bus stands and shopping malls. Nothing suspicious was has witnessed a series of such threats in recent times. In previous incidents, fake bomb threat emails were sent to institutions like IPS College, airport and several bank branches, including Punjab National Bank, prompting security sweeps and investigations. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
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Business Standard
10-05-2025
- Business Standard
Bomb threat to Indore stadium over 'Operation Sindoor' turns out hoax
The Holkar Stadium in Indore received a bomb blast threat, with the unidentified sender of an e-mail warning of retaliation in response to Operation Sindoor, police said on threat turned out to be a hoax."MPCA's (Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association) official email (ID) on Friday received a threatening message. The email, written in English, mentions that the stadium will be blasted due to 'Operation Sindoor' (of Indian armed forces)," Tukoganj police station in-charge Jitendra Singh Yadav told READ: Tata Memorial Hospital receives bomb threat email, turns out to be hoaxAfter being alerted by MPCA, four teams of police personnel and a bomb squad thoroughly searched the stadium's premises for five hours."No suspicious thing was found in the Holkar stadium," Yadav are trying to trace the origin of the hoax e-mail in collaboration with the cyber squad, and legal action will be facie, the email seems a "copy-paste" job for mischief, although the police are investigating various aspects, an officer officer said that in the past months, fake emails threatening to bomb Indore airport, bank branches, hospitals, and schools have been said an accused has been arrested in one case.