<p>Palakkad: Office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) received a bomb threat by email on Wednesday prompting the deployment of bomb and dog squads to search the premises for any explosives.</p><p>A senior police officer told a TV channel that the bomb disposal and dog squads were searching the RDO office after evacuating staffs and public from there.</p>.Hotels in Tirupati receive hoax bomb threats, police squads conduct thorough checks.<p>He also said that similar emails were received in other districts of the state and therefore, police was trying to ascertain whether the threat was a hoax.</p><p>"A time has been mentioned in the email and we will continue our search till then," he said.</p><p>The content of email as shown on the TV channel claims that an RDX explosive has been placed at the RDO office and it will detonate at 1.30 pm.</p><p>The purported email also claims that the detonation is timed to coincide with the alleged "elimination" of AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswamy.</p><p>Last month, bomb threats by email were received at the Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta and Wayanad district collector offices and all of them turned out to be a hoax.</p>
<p>Palakkad: Office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) received a bomb threat by email on Wednesday prompting the deployment of bomb and dog squads to search the premises for any explosives.</p><p>A senior police officer told a TV channel that the bomb disposal and dog squads were searching the RDO office after evacuating staffs and public from there.</p>.Hotels in Tirupati receive hoax bomb threats, police squads conduct thorough checks.<p>He also said that similar emails were received in other districts of the state and therefore, police was trying to ascertain whether the threat was a hoax.</p><p>"A time has been mentioned in the email and we will continue our search till then," he said.</p><p>The content of email as shown on the TV channel claims that an RDX explosive has been placed at the RDO office and it will detonate at 1.30 pm.</p><p>The purported email also claims that the detonation is timed to coincide with the alleged "elimination" of AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswamy.</p><p>Last month, bomb threats by email were received at the Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta and Wayanad district collector offices and all of them turned out to be a hoax.</p>