Google's Pune office gets bomb threat, man arrested from Hyderabad
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Pune: Tech giant Google’s office in Pune city in Maharashtra was put on high alert following a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, police said.
The man, who allegedly made the call he was drunk at the time, has been arrested from Hyderabad, they said.
"The office, located on the 11th floor of a multi-storey commercial building in Pune's Mundhwa area, received a call late Sunday night that a bomb was kept in the office premises," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Vikrant Deshmukh said.
After being alerted, Pune police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad reached the spot and carried out extensive searches, he said.
"The call later turned out to be a hoax. The caller has been traced to Hyderabad and apprehended. He allegedly made the call in an inebriated condition," the official said.
Further investigation is on into the incident, he added.
PTI with superficial editing