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Bomb threat or mock drill at DLF Mall in Noida, Ambience Mall in Gurugram?
Noida district administration said there was no bomb threat at DLF Mall of India and a security drill was carried out for two-and-half hours.
DLF Mall of India in Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Ambience Mall in Haryana's Gurugram reportedly received bomb threat emails on Saturday. A spokesperson of the DLF Mall management later said it was a mock drill for security preparedness.
Manish Mishra, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida, said there was no bomb threat and a security drill was carried out for two-and-half hours at the DLF Mall of India beginning at 11am.
“A security drill was carried out at the mall by the local police in collaboration with the mall’s security management at 11am. The mall was evacuated and after two-and-half hours, normal operations were resumed. There was no bomb threat email at the mall and people were allowed to go back to the mall by 1 pm,” he told Hindustan Times.
“We would like to inform you that the recent activity at DLF Mall of India was a security drill conducted in collaboration with Noida authorities. We are pleased to confirm that the mall is now open and fully operational,” the spokesperson of DLF Mall of India said in a statement.
“The safety of our patrons is our utmost priority, and DLF is consistently dedicated to maintaining the highest security standards to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all,” the statement added.
Ambience Mall in Gurugram receives bomb threat
In Gurugram, the police and bomb squad were rushed to the Ambience Mall and began a search operation.
News agency ANI reported that the district administration received a bomb threat to all the malls in Gurugram via email at around 10am. After receiving the email, the district administration started search operations in the malls. Police administration, dog squad, civil defence team are engaged in the search, ANI quoted Mohit Sharma, chief civil defence team in Gurugram as saying.
India Today reported that Ambience Mall management received the threat through an email, in which the sender claimed that he had planted bombs to “kill everyone in the building”. He also named two people in the email, claiming that they were “behind this attack”, the report added.
