Panic gripped Pune city on Wednesday morning after a bomb threat email targeting the Mayor’s Office in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) headquarters prompted authorities to immediately evacuate the main civic building.

According to officials, the threatening email was received on the official email ID of Mayor Manjusha Nagpure at around 8.20 am on June 10. The message warned of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attack and claimed that the Mayor’s Office in Pune, along with several key locations in Nagpur, including the RSS headquarters and the Vidhan Bhavan, would be blown up. The email also reportedly mentioned specific dates and timings for the alleged blasts.