JOIN USThe Sarjapur police on Friday received a letter threatening to carry out “19 bomb explosions” on the Wipro campus on Sarjapur Road.
Venkat Shetty, an inspector attached to Attibele police station, said that the letter was delivered to the station through regular post at about 1 pm on Friday.
A copy of the letter which is available with Deccan Herald, has a four-line message written twice — in upper as well as lower case.
It stated: “Big bomb explode. 11 am morning Friday 19 July 2013 at Wipro Sarjapur at Corporation Block and Training block floor. And Saturday 1 pm afternoon. 19 bombs 5 minutes. You die, building damage. Jihad.”
The Sarjapur police registered a case in this regard and transferred it to the HSR Layout police, as the Wipro campus comes under the latter’s jurisdiction. Additional Commissioner (Law and Order) Kamal Pant told Deccan Herald that prima facie, the letter appears to be a hoax.
Even before the letter reached the Sarjapur police station, one of the blast schedules mentioned in the letter had passed.
Anti-sabotage check
However, the City police conducted an anti-sabotage check on the Wipro campus on Friday afternoon, soon after they received the letter.
They found nothing untoward on the campus. Security has been beefed up at the campus as a precaution, he said.
Wipro said: “As a matter of routine, a security check was undertaken at Wipro’s Sarjapur campus. Our operations continue to be business as usual.”
A similar threat letter was found on the premises of an Isro facility, and a similar letter was sent to a five-star hotel in Yeshwanthpur in the last week of June.
The letter had threatened to carry out terror attack at 10 landmarks in the City. However, the threat turned out to be a hoax.
The City police are yet to track down the sender of these letters.