<p>A box made of tin attached to a timer along with a note left on a flyover on the National Highway connecting Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh with Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh kept the police on their toes on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The handwritten note mentioning a few names, including that of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said the box is fitted with explosives, thus creating panic among the local people.</p>.<p>However, the police later found that the box had a timer and wires attached to it, but there were no explosives inside.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/uttar-pradesh/no-saint-can-be-cm-seer-on-yogi-adityanath-1074129.html" target="_blank">No saint can be CM: Seer on Yogi Adityanath</a></strong></p>.<p>It all started after a passerby noticed the box on the flyover, which falls under the Mangawan police station, 30 km from district headquarters Rewa, and informed the local police.</p>.<p>On reaching the spot, the police found that the note attached to the box mentioned it as a bomb, following which the district police headquarters in Rewa was alerted.</p>.<p>Suspecting it to be a terror attack attempt on the occasion of Republic Day, a team of district police led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Shiv Kumar Verma, reached the spot along with the bomb disposal squad.</p>.<p>By the time the bomb squad arrived and inspected the object, security was tightened in and around the area, and the traffic on the highway was also halted temporarily.</p>.<p>"The box was fitted with multiple wires and a clock timer. A case has been registered in the matter and further investigation is underway," Verma told <em>IANS</em>.</p>.<p>The officer also said that it wasn't an explosive device.</p>.<p>"A high-level meeting has been called by the SP (Rewa), Naveen Bhaseen, on this matter," he said.</p>.<p>The district police are trying to find out the real purpose behind the bomb scare.</p>.<p>"It has nothing to do with the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. We are investigating the matter from all angles," Verma said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A box made of tin attached to a timer along with a note left on a flyover on the National Highway connecting Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh with Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh kept the police on their toes on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The handwritten note mentioning a few names, including that of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said the box is fitted with explosives, thus creating panic among the local people.</p>.<p>However, the police later found that the box had a timer and wires attached to it, but there were no explosives inside.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/uttar-pradesh/no-saint-can-be-cm-seer-on-yogi-adityanath-1074129.html" target="_blank">No saint can be CM: Seer on Yogi Adityanath</a></strong></p>.<p>It all started after a passerby noticed the box on the flyover, which falls under the Mangawan police station, 30 km from district headquarters Rewa, and informed the local police.</p>.<p>On reaching the spot, the police found that the note attached to the box mentioned it as a bomb, following which the district police headquarters in Rewa was alerted.</p>.<p>Suspecting it to be a terror attack attempt on the occasion of Republic Day, a team of district police led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Shiv Kumar Verma, reached the spot along with the bomb disposal squad.</p>.<p>By the time the bomb squad arrived and inspected the object, security was tightened in and around the area, and the traffic on the highway was also halted temporarily.</p>.<p>"The box was fitted with multiple wires and a clock timer. A case has been registered in the matter and further investigation is underway," Verma told <em>IANS</em>.</p>.<p>The officer also said that it wasn't an explosive device.</p>.<p>"A high-level meeting has been called by the SP (Rewa), Naveen Bhaseen, on this matter," he said.</p>.<p>The district police are trying to find out the real purpose behind the bomb scare.</p>.<p>"It has nothing to do with the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. We are investigating the matter from all angles," Verma said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>