BSE receives bomb threat, says Mumbai Police

BSE receives bomb threat, police find nothing suspicious

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on July 15 received a bomb threat through email. The email, sent through an ID under the name "Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan", threatened that 4 RDX IED bombs have been placed in the tower building of the Bombay Stock Exchange and would explode at 3 pm, said Mumbai Police.

Police and bomb disposal squads swiftly conducted a thorough search of the premises but found nothing suspicious.

A case has been registered against an unknown person in Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Marg Police Station under sections 351(1)(b), 353(2), 351(3), 351(4) of BNS, and further investigation has been initiated, said Mumbai Police.

At 10:15 am on July 15, Sensex was trading 131 points higher at 82,385 while it hit day's high of 82,462 in early trading hours.

This comes as Amritsar's iconic Golden Temple in Amritsar recieved a bomb threat on Monday, prompting the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to file a police complaint.

Meanwhile, bomb threats were received via email on Tuesday by St Thomas School in Dwarka and St Stephen’s College of Delhi University.

As a precaution, both the school and the college were fully evacuated.