RSS offices in Lucknow, Unnao receive bomb threats via WhatsApp, police register FIR

The Uttar Pradesh's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office received a Whatsapp message at 8 pm on June 6, Monday

The Uttar Pradesh's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office received a Whatsapp message at 8 pm on June 6, Monday
The Uttar Pradesh's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office received a Whatsapp message at 8 pm on June 6, Monday

Threat to blow up 6 RSS offices including Lucknow-Unnao

RSS offices in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow and Unnao have been threatened to be blown up with bombs. The Madiyaon police station in Lucknow has filed an FIR on the complaint of an employee of the RSS office there. The officials present at the Lucknow RSS office received the threat through a link sent on Whatsapp.

The numbers from which the threatening message was received are being tracked with the help of the cyber cell. The police swung into action and the team reached Saraswati Vidya Mandir located in Aliganj Sector Q of Lucknow to further investigate the matter.

Lucknow Police said in a statement on Tuesday, “An FIR was registered at Madiyaon PS in connection with a bomb threat to the RSS offices in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow & Unnao. A WhatsApp message threatening that RSS offices will be blown up was sent at 8 pm yesterday. With cyber cell’s help, the number that sent the message will be traced.”

Heavy police security has been deployed at Uttar Pradesh’s RSS offices. Meanwhile, Police officials said that the message has threatened six other offices. “The WhatsApp message threatened to blow up four offices in Karnataka and two in Uttar Pradesh,” a senior police official said.

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