Hyderabad: Police on Wednesday arrested a person for making a hoax call on Tuesday that a bomb would explode at Jyotirao Phule praja bhavan, the official residence of deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.
The suspect, identified as Shiva Ram Krishna (34) from Musheerabad, from where he was arrested, was traced through GPS location.
During interrogation Krishna revealed that he was in an inebriated condition when he called the police control room that a bomb was planted in the premises of Praja Bhavan, police said.
The police swung into action and searched the entire premises with the help of the bomb disposal squad and disaster response force (DRF) for over four hours.
Meanwhile, police are also probing whether Krishna had also called Nampally criminal court stating that a bomb has been placed in the premises. Meanwhile, Panjagutta police have not officially disclosed the arrest, stating that the case was under investigation.
