Mumbai hospital receives bomb threat, days after 34 ‘human bombs’ high alert

Mumbai police remained on alert on Sunday after a fresh bomb threat was reported at the city’s Nair Hospital. Officials said a call was received warning of a plan to blow up the hospital premises, prompting an immediate security sweep of the campus.

An email claiming a bomb threat was sent to the Dean’s official address late on Saturday night, around 11 pm. The message raised immediate concern and was promptly reported to the authorities.

Following the alert, police teams along with the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) conducted a thorough search of the premises. After several hours of inspection, no suspicious object was found, and the threat was declared a hoax.

The incident comes just two days after the city was rattled by a chilling threat call claiming that 34 “human bombs” carrying 400 kg of RDX had been planted in vehicles across Mumbai to trigger explosions that would “shake the entire city.” The call, made to the traffic police helpline on Friday, was traced to an organisation identifying itself as “Lashkar-e-Jihadi.”