The Delhi Police was sent into a tizzy today after the police control room was informed that a bomb was planted in the passport office, an official said, adding that it turned out to be a hoax.
The police received a call this afternoon, saying there was a bomb planted inside the passport office on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. The area is close to the offices of many media houses.
The entire area was evacuated but the call was subsequently declared a hoax, the police said.
It was found that the call had been made using a cellphone of STD calling booth in Gandhi Nagar area of Shahdara, they said, adding that efforts were being made to identify the caller.