Bomb threat at Odeon complex in CP, police confirm it’s a hoax

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 New Delhi’s Connaught Place.

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 New Delhi’s Connaught Place.

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. (Sonu Mehta/Representative Image)

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.

An official later said the call turned out to be a hoax.