{"id":22846,"date":"2016-10-22T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=22843&amp;preview_id=22843"},"modified":"2016-10-22T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T09:06:23","slug":"bomb-threat-at-sampath-vinayagar-temple-proves-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=22846","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threat at Sampath Vinayagar temple proves hoax- The New Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"storyContent\">\n<p>VISAKHAPATNAM: A phone call from an anonymous person to the priest of Sampath Vinayagar Temple in Asilmetta saying that a bomb was planted in the temple sent the police into tizzy here on Friday afternoon. However, the police and the temple authorities released a huge sigh of relief when the bomb squad confirmed that it was a hoax call.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the temple priest has received a phone call from an unknown number at around 2 pm on October 21 threatening that a bomb was planted on the temple premises. The priest immediately called and alerted the Three Town police when a Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad along with police dogs rushed to the spot.<\/p>\n<p>After thorough inspection of the temple premises, the Squad confirmed that there was no explosive material in the temple or on its premises.<\/p>\n<p>Sampath Vinayagar Temple, though being one of the crowded temples in the city didn\u2019t have any devotees it being afternoon when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Town police said that they have formed a special team to identify the hoax caller and nab him for creating panic among the priest and the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISAKHAPATNAM: A phone call from an anonymous person to the priest of Sampath Vinayagar Temple in Asilmetta saying that a bomb was planted in the temple sent the police into tizzy here on Friday afternoon. However, the police and the temple authorities released a huge sigh of relief when the bomb squad confirmed that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}