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Kundapur : Panic as miscreants make hoax bomb scare


Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Jan 30, 2017: A hoax bomb scare spread panic across Kundapur taluk on January 30, all due to the prank  played by some miscreants who placed gun powder in an  empty ice cream cup in the garbage.

 

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Byndoor Police  had earlier in the  day  received a message that a bomb planted at Badakere near Navunda where the  fair of the Lakshmi Janardhana Temple was underway, had exploded and another has been planted in  the area. There was panic and anxiety as this  news spread like wild fire across the taluk.

Police had rushed to the temple area where fireworks  show  was also underway. In the meantime, when some women were burning the waste there was an explosion  in which five tube lights were also damaged. It is said the sound of the explosion was heard even in far off places.

It was only when police and fire service personnel  rushed to the place and checked that they  came to know about the gun powder in the ice cream cup.

Further investigations are underway.