Google office in Pune gets bomb threat call, caller arrested

Mumbai, February 13: As per the sources, Pune’s Google office received a bomb threat call, which later turned out to be hoax. 

The man who allegedly made the call was traced to Hyderabad and detained by the Telangana Police. A team of Mumbai Police has left for Telangana to bring the accused to Mumbai.

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According to the police, the caller didn't have a number for the Google office in Pune, so he dialled Google office headquarters in Mumbai and made the threatening call.

As soon as the Google office received threat call, Mumbai Police connected with their counterparts in Pune who rushed to the multinational company's office located in a multi-storey commercial building in Pune's Mundhwa area.   

After receiving the threat call, a complaint was lodged by Google at the BKC police station in Mumbai.

The BKC Police has registered a case against the caller under Section 505(1)(b) and 506(2) of IPC.

Further investigation into the matter is underway. 

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