According to police, Google’s Mumbai office received a threat call on Monday stating that a bomb had been planted at the tech giant’s Pune office. In Hyderabad, one person has been arrested.
Google’s Pune office was placed on alert for a brief period following the threat call, which turned out to be a hoax, according to police, who added that Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad arrived at the scene and conducted extensive searches.
“The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune’s Mundhwa area, received a call late Sunday night that a bomb was kept in the office premises,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said.
The man who allegedly made the call admitted that he called when he was in an inebriated state. He has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended from there, police added.
Initial reports suggest that a case was registered at Mumbai’s BKC police station and a probe is currently underway.