MUMBAI, JUN 19 :  Fifty hospitals in metropolis allegedly received bomb threats through emails, sending ripples across security spectrum and constraining authorities to initiate contingency measures and carry out anti-sabotage checks that lasted hours.

However, all the threats were found to be a hoax, official sources said on Wednasday.
The city hospitals that received bomb threats through emails include Jaslok Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Seven Hills Hospital, Kohinoor Hospital, KEM Hospital, J J Hospital and St George’s Hospital.

“Local police and the bomb squad reached the spot and started an investigation, but nothing suspicious was found,” police said.

The threatening emails were sent using a VPN network, police said, adding that identity of the sender and motive behind the threat are yet to be ascertained.(UNI)