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  • Indian Museum in Kolkata receives bomb threat
  • Kolkata Police received threat over email
  • Police and bomb squad are at the spot

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'Share our group's name or...': bomb threat over email to Kolkata's Indian Museum

The Indian Museum in Kolkata has been cordoned off after the police reportedly received a bomb threat

'Share our group's name or...': bomb threat over email to Kolkata's Indian Museum

The Indian Museum in Kolkata has reportedly received a bomb threat over email. The local media is reporting that the Kolkata Police received an email early on Friday. The sender said they have placed explosives inside the Indian Museum and asked the police to publicise its name by giving it to the media.

'Give our group's name to media or will continue to cause chaos,' the email read.

The police and bomb squad have reached the location and are carrying out a sanitation exercise. A sign stuck outside the building's gate said that visitors' entry to the museum has been restricted for a few hours.

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