Mayor’s office gets bomb threat, declared hoax

Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh’s office received a bomb threat e-mail on Wednesday that led to a thorough inspection of the Civic Centre, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s headquarters, which houses his office. However, no suspicious object was recovered, and the police declared it a hoax.

The e-mail, sent around 7.31 a.m. to the official addresses of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the MCD Commissioner, warned of an explosion.