South Parganas: West Bengal police on Thursday arrested a man forallegedly making a hoax call to the Police Control Room here and threatening a bomb blast.
Arkaprava Ganguly, a resident of Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas district, was picked up on Wednesday night for dialing 100, a day before and threat call to trigger an explosion, a police official said.
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"All concerned officials were alerted and necessary checks initiated, especially in the vulnerable pockets. Simultaneously, we also tracked down the caller. It was found that the accused made a hoax call just to have fun," she said.
An FIR has been registered against Ganguly, who identified himself as a freelance photographer.