Lucknow,

Oct 27 (HS): Many prestigious hotels in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh,

received a bomb threat on Sunday. After this Lucknow Commissionerate Police

became active. Police have started intensive checking in many hotels.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that a hotel has received the threat

through email. This includes all the hotels of the city including Fortune

Hotel, Lemon Tree, Dayal Gateway.

The police became active after receiving the

information. After reaching Hotel Fortune located on Rana Pratap Marg, the

police took information from the manager of the hotel. Apart from this, police

along with bomb disposal squad and dog squad are engaged in investigation in

many hotels. It is noteworthy that many airports including Lucknow Airport had

received bomb threats just a few days ago. Now other investigating agencies

have also become active after receiving threats to blow up hotels. However,

police officials are still avoiding saying anything on this.

On

Sunday, at least ten prominent hotels in Lucknow received bomb threats via

email, the majority of them are premium businesses. The email stated that an

explosion would occur if the ransom demand of $55,000 (Rs 4,624,288) was not

satisfied.

Bombs are stashed in black bags on the grounds of your hotel. I demand $55,000,

or I'll detonate bombs and spill blood everywhere. The bomb threat email states

that any effort to defuse the devices would result in their detonation. The

following hotels have received bomb threats: Marriott, Saraca, Piccadily,

Comfort Vista, Fortune, Lemon Tree, Clark Awadh, Casa, Dayal Gateway, and

Silvette. Following the threat, hotel management notified police, resulting in

timely investigations by local authorities. Two days before, three hotels in

Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district received bomb threats.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi