Bhopal

Man nabbed for making hoax bomb call at district court

Staff Reporter

Crime Branch has nabbed miscreant involved in making hoax bomb call at district court and railway station on May 29; miscreant provided the mobile numbers of person who used to demand refund of `1,5000. According to the police the accused as Dharam Yadav of Bawadia Kalan was behind the hoax calls of bomb at district court and railway station on May 29.

During the investigation it was found that the miscreant has made the call using mobile phone and SIM cards which were owned by Suresh Raidas who told the police that his mobile phone and SIM card lost on January 8, 2017 from Kolar and had lodged a complaint with the Kolar police. 

 On May 29 Dial 100 received information from mobile number 8518863344 that information of planting bomb on Bhopal district court and Railway station has been provided through 7566399366 and 9300109366 mobile numbers.

later in the investigation when details of the mobile number 7566399366 and 9300109366 were investigated it was found that the mobile numbers  were owned by Bhola alias Rakesh Kumar Singh of Bawadia Kalan and when he was questioned he confessed that he had never made any calls regarding bomb at district court and railway station and later in the investigation it was found that Dharam Yadav was behind the hoax bomb calls.

The accused confessed that he found the SIM card having mobile number 8518863344 at Kolar road and he used the SIM to call Dial 100 and provided Rakesh’s mobile numbers.

Accused confessed that he had borrowed Rs 15000 from Rakesh and he used to call him and his wife demanding refund and annoyed over the frequent calls he planned and provided the mobile numbers to Dial 100.

 The mobile number 8518863344 and a Micromax mobile phone were recovered from his possession.

 Police said that the accused was booked for sexual assault and have served jail term. The accused used to work as construction labour and electrician.