Andhra govt offices receive bomb threat call, turns out to be hoax

Two government offices at Nidadavole town of West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday received a bomb threat call but it turned out to be a hoax, police said.

"Higher officials at Eluru said that Tehsildar and Sub-registrar offices in Nidadavole town received a bomb threat call today noon," Nidadavole sub-inspector Jagadeeswara Rao told over the phone.

"We immediately rushed bomb squads to those offices. The offices were thoroughly checked. There are no bombs," Rao said.

"The call was a hoax. Attempts to trace out the caller are on," he added.

( With inputs from ANI )