Police said on Monday that later this call turned out to be fake. According to a PTI report, the person who allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended from there.
Google's Pune office received a fake call on Monday morning saying that there was a bomb in the office premises. The Pune city office of the company was put on alert for some time following the call.
Police said on Monday that later this call turned out to be fake. According to a PTI report, the person who allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended from there.
After being alerted, the Mumbai Police contacted their counterparts in Pune, who reached the office of the technology giant located in Pune.
Pune Police along with Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and conducted an extensive search, but nothing suspicious was found.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said, "The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune's Mundhwa area, received a call late on Sunday night that a bomb was planted in the office premises."
"The call later turned out to be fake. The caller was traced and nabbed from Hyderabad. He had allegedly made the call under the influence of alcohol," the officer said. He said that further investigation of the incident is going on.
The police have arrested the caller. He has been identified as Panayam Shivanand, a resident of Hyderabad. A complaint was lodged by Google at the BKC police station in Mumbai.
BKC police have registered a case against the caller under sections 505(1)(b) and 506(2) of IPC. Further investigation of the matter is underway.
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