Messages were threats to send a bomb to the Taj Hotel in Lucknow which received it on Monday preceded by threats of the same to 10 other hotel recipients the previous day. It said there was a bomb at the Taj Hotel in Hazratganj, police sources told India Today.
The earlier threats sent on Sunday was to some of the hotels in Lucknow namely, the Marriott hotel, Saraca, piccadilly, Comfort vista, Fortune, lemon tree, Clark Awadh, Casa, Dayal Gateway and silvette. The threatening email demanded a ransom of $55,000(approximatelyRs 4,63,600) stating they are going to cause an explosion. ‘There are black bags that contain bombs at the compound of this hotel are.’ I’ll take $55,000 and nothing else, otherwise, with the push of this button, blood will fly! The bomb, they threatened, will go off even if any attempt is made to disarm it: that was CCT’s official business in an email.”
The threats generated several inspections by bomb squads in all the said hotels with no truth behind the threat. Still a fresh search and security check were conducted at Taj Hotel on Monday owing to security.
The latest in a series of threats has come just after another incident when three hotels in the temple city of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh were threatened of bomb blasts.
Apart from these considerations, an email on Monday night threatened terror strikes on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) schools in India with the bomb blasts set for 11 a.m. on the Tuesday. There was an immediate investigation of the threat, though authorities then dismissed this threat as fake.
The recent blast outside a CRPF training centre in Rohini, Delhi has generated new concerns regarding security because it damaged a few shops and cars, though it did not cause any loss of lives as a CRPF jawan was practicing for a riot control exercise as per some reports near the spot when the blast occurred.
