Panic struck commuters at Gurgaon’s busy HUDA City Centre Metro Station on Wednesday following a bomb scare, which eventually turned out to be a hoax.
The mobile number of the hoax caller has been tracked to Odisha, according to information. The Metro train services were suspended for around 20 minutes till the arrival of police and bomb disposal squad. The personnel scanned the station premises and the nearby Vyapar Kendra thoroughly but didn’t find any bomb.Police swung into action after an unidentified caller called the PCR at 2.30 pm and informed that a bomb had been planted at the HUDA City Centre and another bomb was being planted at the Vyapar Kendra.
A senior police official of Gurgaon said the mobile phone number of the caller has been tracked to Odisha. “We are investigating the call and strict action would be taken against the miscreant,” a senior Gurgaon police official said.