Bomb scare at Taj Mahal, tourists evacuated, search operation launched
Chaos reign supreme at Taj Mahal on Thursday (March 4) after report of a bomb in the historical buidling.
A bomb scare at the Taj Mahal located led to panic on Thursday (March 4) with security agencies swining into action immediately to prevent any untoward incident. Both doors of Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh's Agra have been locked and a search operation has been launched. All the tourists present inside the Taj Mahal have been safely evacuated.
CISF, Agra Police and Bomb Disposal Squad have reached taj Mahal to search for the bomb and maintain law and order.
ADG Agra Zone Rajiv Krishna said that an unknown person called at 112 to say that a bomb has been planted inside Taj Mahal. Krishna added that the tourists were taken out of Taj Mahal as a precautionary measure.
Sources said that the call was reportedly made from Ferozabad in Uttar Pradesh. Efforts are on to trace the caller.
Nothing suspicious was found at Taj Mahal premise and the bomb call has turned out to be a hoax.
Earlier also an unidentified caller had said there was a bomb at the Taj Mahal and that call had also turned out to be a hoax.