Mumbai: Grand Hyatt Hotel receives bomb threat; call traced to German number

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Mumbai's Grand Hyatt Hotel received a bomb threat call on Friday. According to a senior Mumbai Police officer, an unidentified caller contacted the hotel's customer service and claimed a bomb had been planted on the premises.

Sources added that the "caller warned there would be an explosion at the hotel within 10 minutes."

The hotel authorities promptly alerted the police, after which the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) conducted a thorough search. No suspicious object was found.

The Vakola Police have filed an FIR against the unknown caller and launched a probe.

Sources said that the preliminary investigation revealed the call came from a number registered in Germany.