Shirdi Sai Baba temple receives bomb threat, turns out to be hoax (2025)

Sansthan (trust) has its own security staff. After receiving the email, our staff along with police teams conducted a search but nothing suspicious was found, said Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan CEO Goraksha Gadilkar

The Sai Baba temple at Shirdi in Maharashtra received a bomb threat through an email but it turned out to be a hoax, police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.

The security at the famous temple in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra that draws millions of devotees every year was stepped up following the threat, said an official.

The temple trust received an email on Friday, where the sender said he was going to blow up the temple using a bomb, after which the police were alerted.

"Sansthan (trust) has its own security staff. After receiving the email, our staff along with police teams conducted a search but nothing suspicious was found," said Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan CEO Goraksha Gadilkar, according to the PTI.

Deputy Commissioner office in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu receives bomb threat mail

In a similar incident in Himachal Pradesh, the deputy commissioner's office in Kullu on Friday received an email threatening to blow up offices and public places in the town in the next 24 hours, officials said, as per the PTI.

The latest threat mail came after the deputy commissioner's (DC) offices in Hamirpur, Chamba and Mandi received similar threats recently, reported the PTI.

An email threatening to blow up the Secretariat was also received at the chief secretary's office in Shimla last month.

Following the threat, bomb disposal squads and surveillance units were deployed across Kullu, while the Himachal Pradesh police and intelligence agencies were working to verify the credibility of the threat mail and trace its origin, the officials said on Friday.

According to the PTI, the security has been beefed up at the important locations across the district with police pressing their dog squad into action. Barricades were also seen at the main market in Manali, locals said.

On April 25, threat mails were received at the DC offices in Chamba and Hamirpur.

On April 16, two threat mails were received at the offices of the chief secretary in Shimla and the district commissioner in Mandi, following which both the places were evacuated.

However, the threats later turned out be hoax.

(with PTI inputs)

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