'Evacuate Diplomats by 10 am': Police term bomb threat to Italian consulate in Bengaluru as hoax

The incident happened on January 29.

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Bengaluru: The Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru received a bomb threat email last week urging the staffers to "evacuate diplomats by 10 am", police officials said on Thursday.

After a thorough check, the threat email was declared a hoax.

According to the officials, the Halasuru police on January 30 registered an FIR following a complaint by Giandomenico Milano, 45, the Consul General. The complaint was physically submitted to the police by Security Officer, Cosimo Ciciriello.

It is said that on January 29, at 5.25 am, the official email IDs of the consulate — [e-mail],[e-mail] and [e-mail] — received an email from [e-mail].

"5 RDX to blast in Italy Consulate, bengaluru at 1 PM. Evacuate Diplomats by 10 AM!" the email said as per the FIR.

An inspection was conducted as per the Standard Operating Procedure and the threat was declared a hoax. The case was registered under Section 66F (cyber terrorism) of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Further investigation is on.