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| Threat letters keeps Vadodara tense |
| 2008-08-01 |
| Thursday turned out to be yet another day when Barodians remained on tenterhooks after threat letters and rumours spread in the city. Thousands of people were evacuated from their workplace after five institutions - Vadodara Stock Exchange (VSE), central bus depot of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), Bank of Baroda's Mandvi branch and newspaper offices of two prominent Gujarati dailies received threat letters claiming that bombs were planted in their offices. While the threat turned out to be hoax, it kept cops on their toes for the entire day. All the five letters were almost identical in nature with prominent usage of Hindi language and some English words. Besides similar handwritings, all carried Rs five stamps marking 100 years of co-operative movement of India and they were posted from Vadodara head post office. The letters had the sender's name as SIMI. VSE received the letter at 11.45 am while letters at the offices of two Gujarati dailies had arrived with other routine posts. Similarly, GSRTC's central bus depot and BoB's Mandvi branch received letters at 2.05 pm. The letter addressed to VSE's managing director stated: "Ex. mein bomb rakha hain... saari building khaali kar do... Aatankvad" , with 'jihad' written in bracket on left side and SIMI on the right side of the letter. "We immediately informed Sayajigunj police and police control room which arrived with dog squad and metal detectors to check all nine floors of the building," VSE's chairman Sudhir Shah said. |
| Posted by:ryuge |