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Bomb hoax at Microsoft, IBM offices Crime notes

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BANGALORE: Work was affected in two leading IT companies, Microsoft and IBM, in the Airport police station limits in the city on Tuesday following a bomb scare.

Employees of the two firms went through some anxious moments as they were made to vacate their offices, to help the police conduct sabotage checks.

Microsoft and IBM have their offices in the same commercial complex situated on Koramangala Ring Road (Domlur-Koramangala Road), the police said.

Around 10 a.m., receptionists of the two companies received anonymous telephone calls that bombs have been planted in their offices. On being alerted, the Airport police, along with staff from the Bomb Detection Squad and sniffer dog squad, searched the commercial complex, which houses several other IT companies.

The searches did not reveal any explosives. The two calls were made from different numbers, the police said. The Airport police have registered a case.

Arrested

The Girinagar police have arrested six youths with criminal antecedents who had allegedly murdered a rival gangster, Venkatesh alias Venki, and attempted to kill his accomplice K.G. Ravi at Hosakerehalli on September 15.

The police gave the names of the arrested as Raghu (23) of Cox Town, Uttam alias Umesh (20) of Kempegowdanagar, Krishna (21) of Srinagar, Sandeep (24) of R.K. Math Layout, Anwar (22) of Rajagopal Garden and Chandrashekar (24) of Chamarajpet.

The police said Venkatesh had earlier murdered Raghu’s brothers, Thimmaraju and Suresh. In retaliation, Raghu had killed Venkatesh with the help of his accomplices, the police said.

Held

The J.P. Nagar police have arrested five people who had allegedly hacked to death Sridhar (28), a call centre cab driver, at Jaraganahalli on Monday. Investigations have revealed that Sridhar was killed over a love affair, the police said.

The arrested were identified as Chetan (23), Shivakumar (23), Santosh (19), Manjunath (23) and Venkatesh (18). The police are on the lookout for Prakash who had allegedly plotted the murder.

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