UP Tourism Gets Email Threatening To Blow Up Taj Mahal, Turns Out To Be Hoax

Police and CISF swang into action by beefing up the security in the Taj complex, and attempts are afoot to know who sent the email.

Agra: An email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal was received by the regional office of Uttar Pradesh Tourism here on Tuesday which later turned out to be a hoax, a police official said.

Bomb disposal squad, dog squad and other teams were pressed into action but nothing suspicious was found, ACP Sayed Areeb Ahmad, entrusted with the security of the Taj, said.

The threat to blow up the world-famous Taj Mahal swang the police commissionerate and CISF, which secures the complex, into quick action. The bomb disposal squad scanned every nook and corner of the entire Taj premises but could not trace anything incriminating.

UP Tourism deputy director Deepti Vats said the department received an email on Tuesday morning threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal. Immediately, the information was shared with the Archaeological Survey of India, police and CISF. The email containing the text of the threat was also forwarded to the agencies for a minute inspection.

Speaking on the development, Agra City DCP Suraj Rai said an investigation is being carried out on the information of an email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal. It is being ascertained who sent the threatening email and from where. Security around the Taj Mahal complex has already been beefed up and deliberations have also been held with CISF in this regard. Strict checking of every visitor was done at the entry point and any suspicious object was thoroughly checked upon.