'Hanging of Afzal Guru unacceptable'; Pathanamthitta Collectorate gets bomb threat

PATHANAMTHITTA: The Pathanamthitta collectorate office received bomb threats on Tuesday leaving staff and officials perturbed. The bomb threat message was received in the official email of the District Collector from an address named Asif Ghafoor at 6.48 am this morning.

The message said there would be an RDX blast and employees should be evacuated immediately. The email also mentioned that the hanging of Afzal Guru was unacceptable. The mail was noticed when the officials arrived at around 10 am this morning. With this, the information was reported to the Special Branch. The bomb squad and dog squad reached the spot and inspected the collector's chamber and all the offices.

All the officials were evacuated and a search was conducted on all four floors. ADM B Jyoti said that the search by the police and squads is ongoing. District Collector Prem Krishnan was not present at the spot.