Bomb scare creates panic at Kolkata's UCO bank

Bank sources said they detected an unclaimed small box inside the building housing the bank.

Panic gripped the Jadavpur branch of UCO bank on Thursday following the detection of an unclaimed small box inside the building housing the bank, bank sources said.

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The box was detected by the bank security on the landing of the staircase of the building at Jadavpur area in the southern fringe of Kolkata, sources said.

Police personnel have evacuated the bank staff and other people from the building and informed the bomb disposal squad.