Bomb hoax: Cops evacuate cinema

NEW DELHI: Security officials were sent into a tizzy when a man called up the police control room on Saturday and claimed to have planted a bomb at a popular cinema

NEW DELHI: Security officials were sent into a tizzy when a man called up the police control room on Saturday and claimed to have planted a bomb at a popular cinema hall in posh Connaught Place in the heart of the city.

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The call was received around 1.15pm, following which several police teams, fire tenders and bomb disposal squads were rushed to the Odeon complex, and the premises were evacuated, a Delhi Fire Department official said. “The call was received at the police control room,” additional DCP (New Delhi) Romil Baniya said.