<p>Tension prevailed in Mysuru city, as the office of the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Tax received a bomb threat on Wednesday.</p>.<p>However, the police and bomb detection squad claimed it as hoax, after an inspection.</p>.<p>The police personnel received a letter from a person, which carried a message that a bomb has been placed at the office on Krishna Vilas Road and it will explode by noon.</p>.<p>The police alerted the staff members working at the office. All the employees were vacated within a few minutes. A large number of people gathered near the office.</p>.<p>The police and the bomb detection squad, along with a dog squad, conducted an inspection at the office between 11.45 am and 3 pm. However, no bomb or explosive was found, said an officer.</p>.<p>According to the police, the letter was typed at a cyber centre in Lakshmipuram. They are looking into CCTV camera footages near the cyber centre. It has to be noted that the city police are on a high alert, after one of the six militants, who were arrested by Delhi police, allegedly revealed that they were planning a terror attack in Mysuru and Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The department of Central Intelligence had alerted the state police in this regard.</p>
<p>Tension prevailed in Mysuru city, as the office of the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Tax received a bomb threat on Wednesday.</p>.<p>However, the police and bomb detection squad claimed it as hoax, after an inspection.</p>.<p>The police personnel received a letter from a person, which carried a message that a bomb has been placed at the office on Krishna Vilas Road and it will explode by noon.</p>.<p>The police alerted the staff members working at the office. All the employees were vacated within a few minutes. A large number of people gathered near the office.</p>.<p>The police and the bomb detection squad, along with a dog squad, conducted an inspection at the office between 11.45 am and 3 pm. However, no bomb or explosive was found, said an officer.</p>.<p>According to the police, the letter was typed at a cyber centre in Lakshmipuram. They are looking into CCTV camera footages near the cyber centre. It has to be noted that the city police are on a high alert, after one of the six militants, who were arrested by Delhi police, allegedly revealed that they were planning a terror attack in Mysuru and Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The department of Central Intelligence had alerted the state police in this regard.</p>
