Nagpur: A threat email sent to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday at 1.27 pm warned of an explosion at the NMC and mayor’s office around 3.11 pm the same day. While senior NMC officials said police were informed, police brass claimed they were contacted nearly 24 hours later.NMC had received a similar threat email in mid-2026. Courts and schools too have received such threat emails in recent months.Police said the blast time mentioned in the email on Thursday had already passed before the intimation could be received. Once police were alerted, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads, anti-sabotage teams and sniffer dogs conducted thorough searches at the NMC office. No explosives were found, said an officer.Security agencies follow standard operating procedure of anti-sabotage checks in every such case. An officer said the email followed the pattern of earlier such threats. The email had taglines like “BOMB Blast @ Nagpur Municipal Corporation 3:11PM” and “Mumbai BoleGa Kh* Zindabad”.Similar threat mails reached multiple other locations in Maharashtra the same day.The mail also threatened an explosion in a car outside a megastar’s bungalow, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport and mentioned attacks on Nov 27 at Mahalaxmi Stadium and on a legendary actor on Dec 31. It referred to the 1984 violence and claimed to be from the “KHALISTAN National ARMY”.Countries Working On Joint Framework To Trace Senders: FadnavisChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, speaking at a press meet in Nagpur last week, said bomb threat emails sent through masked IP addresses usually originate from foreign locations, making it extremely difficult for local agencies to identify and catch the senders. He added that several countries are working together on a policy framework to tackle such hoax mailers. The remarks came amid repeated threat mails received by govt offices, courts and educational institutions across Maharashtra.
