Bengaluru: A bomb threat email sent to the department of space and Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) headquarters triggered a major security scare Thursday at Antariksh Bhavan on New BEL Road, north Bengaluru.After officials received the email on Isro’s official email ID claiming that explosives had been planted inside the premises, the staff were evacuated and a search operation was carried out by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) along with Sanjaynagar police. Cops later declared the threat to be a hoax.A senior police officer said the email bears similarities to the series of hoax bomb threats recently sent to the high court, other govt establishments and several schools across Bengaluru, indicating a possible pattern.Police are trying to trace the origin of the email and identify those responsible.
