KARACHI: A bomb threat at the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry triggered heavy police and Rangers response and evacuation of the building on Friday.
The police said they received an anonymous call about a bomb having been placed at the registry. Subsequently, a heavy contingent of the police and Rangers personnel along with a bomb disposal squad reached the scene in no time, they said.
The building was evacuated and thoroughly searched with the help of metal detectors and sniffer dogs but nothing could be found.
It is possible that someone made the call for fun or to create panic, a police official said.
In Dec last year, an anonymous call on 15 helpline had claimed a bomb has been planted in a passenger train, Fareed Express. Springing into action, a police team along with a bomb disposal squad stopped and thoroughly searched the passenger train after the bomb threat call but found nothing.
The police said the call turned out to be a hoax, adding the man who made the call has been traced and arrested.
Wasim, a resident of Kanganpur, was arrested by the Kasur police. A first information report (FIR) has been registered against him with investigation launched. –Agencies
