The district police officials remained on toes on Tuesday night after a phone call was received at the police control room regarding a terror attack likely in Bairagarh area.
Soon after the information reached the police control room that terrorists have entered the city and are planning to explode bomb in Bairagarh area, senior police officials were intimated about the call.
The panicked senior officials asked the Bairagarh police station staff and SDOP to immediately check and launch a search operation and within no time the senior police officials reached Bairagarh.
During the search operation, hotels, guest houses, market places and crowded areas were searched and finally, an unclaimed bag was found in the Sabzi Mandi.
The bomb squad checked the bag, but only documents were found and it was ascertained that the owner left the bag by mistake.
Along with the search operation the police were busy tracing the call details and the caller. When the investigating officers tried calling the number it was found that the mobile phone was switched off but using the call details the police reached the caller and nabbed him. It took around 24 hours to nab the accused.
The 22-year-old accused was identified as Arjun Agrawal who made the hoax call of terrorist attack and told that the terrorist would explode the Bairagarh area of the state capital. According to the police the accused is a resident of Mangalwara area of the city and hails from Kolkatta.
The accused is living for the past ten years in the city and works as a waiter in marriage functions. The police registered a case under section 505 (2) of the IPC and arrested him. When questioned the accused told that he made the call for fun and to create panic in the city.