2 min readFeb 26, 2026 10:08 PM IST
The Regional Passport Office in Pune’s Baner area received a bomb threat through an email on Thursday morning.
Soon, teams of Pune city police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) reached the passport office.
Nothing ‘suspicious’ found: Police
BDDS sleuths checked the passport office premises thoroughly, but nothing suspicious was found. Work at the passport office was resumed after the security checks, police said.
Senior police inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant of the Baner police station said the official email ID of the regional passport office received a fake bomb blast threat through an email at 10.07 am on Thursday.
“The email threatened to bomb the passport office using the RDX explosive. A passport office staffer Jatin Pote (53) has lodged a first information report (FIR) in this case. Further investigation is on,” said Sawant.
Police have booked the accused, who sent the bomb hoax through email under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 125, 351 (3), 351(4), 353(1) (b).
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Chilumula Rajnikant said, “The email mentioned irrelevant information related to Tamilnadu. It had nothing about the passport operations in Pune…”
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Police have launched a probe to find out the source of the suspicious email.
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