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KOLKATA: The special task force of Kolkata Police has arrested a freelance photographer residing at Eden City complex in Maheshtala for allegedly calling up the Lalbazar Control Room number 100 and claiming that the city was going to witness a bomb blast. Cops said the accused, identified as Arkaprava Ganguly, was only trying to “have some fun” and that he was moderately “drunk” at the time of making the call.
According to DCP (STF) Aparajita Rai, said the phone call came late on Tuesday night when the force was making last-minute preparations for implementing the first total lockdown day of August. Sources said that with the Bhoomipujan at the Ram Janmabhoomi site at Ayodhya scheduled for Wednesday, cops were already on high alert.
“He had not given any time or place for the blast making it doubly difficult for us to make arrangements. We had to deploy our bomb squads across the city and carry out multiple checks at multiple areas,” said a senior police officer.
He has been sent to a one-day judicial custody after being produced at court on Thursday.
