Tirupati Iskcon temple gets bomb threat 3 days after hoax mails sent to hotels

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The Iskcon temple in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district received a bomb threat, following which the security of the temple was increased...

According to the police, the staff of the Iskcon temple received an email on October 27, claiming "Pakistan's ISI-related terrorists would blow up the temple"...

Upon receiving an alert about the threat email, teams of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and dog squad reached the spot and a search operation was launched at the temple..

Earlier on October 26, two prominent hotels in Tirupati also received bomb threats, which were later confirmed as hoax threats by the police after a thorough search by BDS and sniffer dogs...

Prior to this, three other hotels in Tirupati received bomb threats, which were also declared as hoax threats by the security forces following a thorough searches...