Hyderabad man apprehended for making hoax bomb threat

Joint teams of the State and Railway Police have apprehended THorri Karthik, a 19-year-old man from Hyderabad, for making a hoax bomb threat. Two trains were stopped and searched and police soon realised the call was a hoax.

A hoax caller was apprehended by a joint team of the Railway Police and State Police. A threatening phone call was made on Wednesday, April 13, that a bomb was planted on trains coming from Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad.

The anonymous person called Dial 100 and informed the police about the bomb. As a result, 2 trains on their way from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai were stopped by the Railway Police to conduct checks.

The trains were the LTT train at Kazipet and Konark Express at Cherlapally near Hyderabad. Later, it was discovered that the threat was a hoax call.

The joint team of the Railways and State Police located the hoax caller in Bahadurpally, Hyderabad and apprehended him. During interrogation, he revealed his identity as 19-year-old Thorri Karthik and confessed to the offence, stating that he made a hoax call to see the response of the police department,

The hoax caller was handed over to the Government Railway Police for further legal action.

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