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Search operation launched after bomb menace (ANI picture)

NEW DELHI: Safety businesses on Thursday launched an intensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer after the district administration acquired a bomb menace e-mail. The e-mail claimed that RDX-based explosives had been planted on the Ajmer Sharif dargah, the district collectorate and the Kudankulam Nuclear Energy Plant in Tamil Nadu. It additionally warned that the bombs can be triggered in reference to the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, police mentioned.In response to officers, the threatening e-mail was acquired on the Ajmer collectorate round midday. It claimed that 4 RDX-based improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs) had been planted on the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the collectorate premises and the Kudankulam atomic plant. The letter additionally warned that the bombs would detonate upon the arrival of President Putin, information company PTI reported. Superintendent of Police Vandita Rana mentioned all departments have been instantly alerted after the menace mail surfaced. “An e-mail threatening to bomb the Ajmer dargah and the collectorate was acquired. Following this, the premises have been evacuated and checked completely,” she mentioned.She added that the dargah advanced was additionally cleared and an in depth search operation is underway. “To this point, no suspicious object has been discovered,” Rana mentioned.Groups of the Crime Investigation Division (CID), Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), canine squads and bomb disposal items have been deployed on the affected places. Safety personnel from 4 police stations, together with extra forces, are conducting systematic checks utilizing steel detectors as a part of the operation.Entry into the Ajmer Sharif dargah has been briefly halted, resulting in massive crowds gathering exterior the principle gates. Your complete space across the shrine has been cordoned off and all incoming guests have been stopped till the search is accomplished.Senior officers, together with three civic physique commissioners and station home officers from 9 police stations, have been stationed on the website to oversee the operation. Police mentioned a probe has been initiated to hint the supply of the threatening e-mail.