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Bomb scare to blow up Wipro office turns out to be hoax

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Press Trust of India Bangalore
Last Updated : Jul 19 2013 | 6:10 PM IST
An anonymous letter threatening to blow up the campus of software major Wipro here with 19 bombs sparked a security scare, sending police into a tizzy.
"Police and bomb squad have carried out their search at Wipro campus and have found no suspicious object in the vicinity," a police officer told PTI.
A letter claiming to blow up Wipro's corporate and training block at 11 AM on Friday and 1 PM on Saturday with 19 bombs was delivered to Sarjapur police station.
The letter had no mention about the sender, police said.
Wipro said in a statement that "as a matter of routine, a security check was undertaken at Wipro's Sarjapur campus. Our operations continue to be business as usual.

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First Published: Jul 19 2013 | 6:10 PM IST

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