Unidentified caller threatens to blow up RSS HQ in Nagpur, security beefed up: Police

Patrolling has been intensified at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur. (Representative photo)

By Yogesh Pandey: Security has been beefed up at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters at Nagpur in Maharashtra on Saturday after an unidentified caller threatened to blow it up with a bomb, police said.

"A phone call was received at the police control room at 1pm. A man threatened to blow up the RSS headquarters in Mahal area with a bomb," said DCP, Zone III, Gorakh Bhamre.

A Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and a dog squad were summoned and conducted a thorough check of the premises but nothing suspicious was found, he said.

Patrolling has been intensified as a precautionary measure, the DCP said, adding that police are tracking the phone number to identify the caller.

Additional forces have been deployed at the headquarters as a security measure in addition to the troops of the Central Reserve Force and the Nagpur police, who already man the premises.

Security forces are also monitoring the movement of the residents, who live near the headquarters.

Although the security at the RSS headquarters has been beefed up, no official statement has come from the Nagpur Police Commissioner about the alleged bomb threat.

(With inputs from PTI)