00:00I'm going across to the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru.
00:03There's been a bomb threat on the headquarters.
00:06We'll try and ascertain for the details that are coming in.
00:08This is the Indian Space Research Organization.
00:11The headquarters in Bengaluru was evacuated after a bomb threat email was received.
00:16Now whether this was for someone trying to crack a joke or of course a serious email,
00:21the investigators are trying to probe that.
00:23Police and bomb disposal squads are searching the premises.
00:26According to our details coming in, no suspicious objects were found so far according to the police on the ground.
00:34Officials say the investigation is on to trace the email.
00:37Threat is clearly being taken seriously.
00:41And remember what has happened is in the past few years in fact,
00:45we've witnessed schools receiving threat emails from the bomb.
00:49Most of them have been hoax calls but it leads to a certain panic.
00:53And one doesn't really know in these cases if something is being done as a joke
00:58or perhaps is only testing waters before some tragic incident takes place.
01:03We're going to go across to my colleague in just a short while but here's the latest.
01:07ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru was evacuated after a bomb threat email was received.
01:12Police and bomb disposal squads searched the premises.
01:15No suspicious objects were found so far.
01:18Officials say the probe is on to trace the email and the threat is being taken extremely seriously.
01:24So for now no bomb, no explosive device was found but it is after all one of the most prominent
01:29locations of our country.
01:31And it has to be ensured that even if it is an email and comes from a suspicious source,
01:36it will have to be taken in all seriousness.
01:38ISRO is one organization that in the past five to six years, in fact, a decade I would say,
01:43has brought massive achievements for our country and therefore one doesn't know
01:49that it could be at a target of some of our enemy forces.
01:54Sagai Raj is joining me for the latest on that.
01:56Sagai, what do you hear?
01:57What exactly happened?
01:59And any detail about where the email has come from?
02:06Now the police are verifying where the email has been sent from
02:09and who is that person who has behind this particular threat email.
02:14And if you notice that they have received an email to the head office here in Bengaluru,
02:19which is close to Dulles Colony.
02:23And what we also get to learn is immediately all the employees of ISRO were evacuated.
02:29Dom disposal squad and dog squad reached the spot.
02:31They have checked thoroughly every single spot of ISRO.
02:36And they found out that it was a hoax email which has been sent.
02:40Police have taken cognizance of this particular email.
02:43They have registered a case.
02:44As you rightly pointed out, whether it is an email or a call that too,
02:48when an organization like ISRO resists,
02:51they are not going to leave any stone unturned.
02:54They have searched in every nook and corner of the ISRO.
02:56And now they are trying to find out who is the person behind this particular email
03:01who has sent to the headquarters of ISRO.
03:03All right.
03:04Thank you very much for now.
03:05We'll be tracking all of that.
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