<p class="title">As many as 7000 employees were evacuated to a safe assembly point at the Embassy Tech Village’s Cisco office in Kadubeesanahalli following a threat call claiming that a bomb would explode in 10 minutes on Friday afternoon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Marathahalli police along with Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Dog Squad, Anti-Sabotage Squad, and Quick Reaction Team (QRT) rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed combing operation on the premises. As the tech park is huge, even Garuda Force was summoned for the combing and the evacuation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said, that the call came around 1 pm and the caller spoke in Hindi. He said that a bomb would blast in 10 minutes. The call was made to the Cisco office near Cessna Business Park in Marthahalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It was an Internet call, and we have contacted the Cyber Crime Cell to trace the caller,” said DCP Whitefield Abdul Ahad who was overseeing the combing operation and evacuation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cisco office was in news a couple of days ago after three of its maintenance staff were arrested by the Marathahalli police for stealing Rs. 87 lakh worth lab optics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are probing whether there is a possible connection with the arrest of the trio and the bomb threat. The Marathahalli police are still continuing with the combing and evacuation process after which a case will be registered, said a senior police officer.</p>
<p class="title">As many as 7000 employees were evacuated to a safe assembly point at the Embassy Tech Village’s Cisco office in Kadubeesanahalli following a threat call claiming that a bomb would explode in 10 minutes on Friday afternoon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Marathahalli police along with Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Dog Squad, Anti-Sabotage Squad, and Quick Reaction Team (QRT) rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed combing operation on the premises. As the tech park is huge, even Garuda Force was summoned for the combing and the evacuation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said, that the call came around 1 pm and the caller spoke in Hindi. He said that a bomb would blast in 10 minutes. The call was made to the Cisco office near Cessna Business Park in Marthahalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It was an Internet call, and we have contacted the Cyber Crime Cell to trace the caller,” said DCP Whitefield Abdul Ahad who was overseeing the combing operation and evacuation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cisco office was in news a couple of days ago after three of its maintenance staff were arrested by the Marathahalli police for stealing Rs. 87 lakh worth lab optics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are probing whether there is a possible connection with the arrest of the trio and the bomb threat. The Marathahalli police are still continuing with the combing and evacuation process after which a case will be registered, said a senior police officer.</p>