Bomb hoax at Governor House: Police registers case against caller

The informer had called the police and said that the bomb is programmed to go off soon.

LAHORE:

Lahore Police registered a case against a person for calling in a bomb hoax at the Punjab Governor House, Express 24/7 reported on Tuesday.

A person identified as Ahsan called the 15 police emergency hotline saying that a bomb was planted inside the Governor House.

The informer said the bomb is programmed to go off soon.

A large number of policemen and Bomb Disposal Squad officials were rushed to the Punjab Governor House.

But no bomb was found after a search of four hours. Police said the caller provided the wrong address over the phone.

Police have registered a case against the caller under the Telegraph Act.