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The email prompted deployment of aggregate teams of weaponry disposal squad astatine the stadium which was thoroughly searched successful beingness of elder constabulary officers. (Representational PTI File)
A weaponry menace prompted a thorough hunt astatine the main Republic Day venue present successful Jammu and Kashmir, hours earlier the commencement of the function, officials said connected Sunday.
However, the menace received done email precocious Saturday, proved to beryllium a hoax, the officials said.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is scheduled to unfurl the nationalist emblem and instrumentality salute astatine the march past astatine the M A Stadium, the venue for the main Republic Day relation successful the Union Territory.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is besides attending the relation arsenic the main guest.
The officials said the menace email was sent from a username “Dise Lish” to the authoritative message accounts of assorted departments including caput higher acquisition and manager higher acquisition connected Saturday night.
The email prompted deployment of aggregate teams of weaponry disposal squad astatine the stadium which was thoroughly searched successful beingness of elder constabulary officers passim the night, the officials said, adding thing incriminating was recovered during the searches.
They said a peculiar squad was besides constituted to place and apprehension the culprits who person sent the e-mail.
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