Police conducted a massive search at the India Gate on Sunday after receiving an alert about a bomb planted at the monument.
NEW DELHI: Police conducted a massive search at the India Gate here on Sunday after receiving an alert about a bomb planted at the monument while a youth was arrested for allegedly triggering hoax bomb scares.
The search at India Gate began at around 10 am, minutes after Delhi Police were informed about the possibility of explosives being planted at the war memorial by their Mumbai counterparts on the basis of a phone call received by them. At the time, a large number of Sunday revellers were present at the monument.
Bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs were rushed to the spot as police evacuated the India Gate premises and cordoned off the area. Fire fighters and ambulances were kept on stand-by and traffic on the busy stretch was regulated during the search, which turned out to be futile.
"We have not found any explosives. But a strict vigil and tight security in the area will continue," Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi district) Anand Mohan said.
He said police in Mumbai and Delhi were working to trace the origin of the call and whereabouts of the caller who claimed there would be an explosion at the landmark at around noon.
Additional forces were deployed in the area and entry to the monument was restricted after the alert. Police had searched India Gate on Saturday too after they received a hoax call about a bomb being placed at the monument.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Shadaab was arrested in northeast Delhi in the wee hours on Sunday for allegedly making phone calls about explosives being planted at various places in the capital.
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