PANJIM, JULY 10
A Maharashtra native was on Saturday arrested for making a bomb hoax caller to the Panjim town police that a bomb was planted in Rego hotel in Panjim bus stand.
The man has been identified as Arjun Tari, a native of Banda, Maharashtra.
According to the police, Tari called up the police station at about 8:40pm on Thursday that a bomb was planted in the hotel, which would explode anytime.
“He was under the influence of alcohol when he made several calls to the police station. We traced him in Pilerne and arrested him from his rented room at about 3:30 am today,” inspector Sandesh CHodankar informed.
The hotel was immediately evacuated after the calls on Thursday. Police team along with a Bomb Disposal Squad was pressed into service that checked the entire premise and the vehicles parked nearby.
The call turned out to be hoax after which a case was registered against the anonymous caller.
The accused turned out to be an employee of the hotel, he said.
