UP boy booked for hoax bomb threat about Salman Khan's house
A 16-year-old boy from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh has been booked for allegedly sending a hoax e-mail to Mumbai Police, claiming that a bomb was set to go off at Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence in suburban Bandra, officials said on Sunday.
The boy had sent the mail to police on December 4, the they said.
The mail claimed that a bomb was scheduled to explode in Salman Khan's house at Galaxy Apartments in Bandra.
"Bandra me Galaxy, Salman Khan ke ghar par agle 2 ghante me blast hoga, rok sakte ho to rok lo (In the next two hours a blast will take place at Galaxy, Salman Khan's house, stop if u can)," an official said, quoting the mail.
After receiving the mail, the city police went on a high alert and top officials, including Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma Additional Commissioner of Police (West Region) along with the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) rushed to the actor's apartment, he said.
"The actor was not at his residence when the police team reached there. ...