Karnataka medical student orchestrates bomb hoax to avoid seminar presentation, triggers panic and evacuation

According to police sources, Choudhary was scheduled to present a seminar that morning as part of her academic requirements. To avoid the presentation, she devised an elaborate plan to shut down the college through a fake bomb threat.

A police officer said that Choudhary contacted a friend working at an IT company in Hyderabad, asking him to call the medical college hospital’s landline number with a threatening message.

The unsuspecting friend, unaware of the implications, made the call as requested, according to the police.

When the threatening call was received at the hospital, Choudhary declared it a bomb threat, triggering immediate evacuation procedures and panic among students and staff. A bomb disposal squad was called in to conduct a thorough search of the premises.

In a calculated move, Choudhary then approached college authorities, claiming she had received multiple threatening calls on her mobile phone. Acting on the administration’s advice, she filed a complaint at the Ullal police station, positioning herself as the victim of the very threat she had orchestrated.

The police formed a special investigation team to probe the matter, initially treating Choudhary as the complainant requiring protection.

However, investigators soon noticed inconsistencies in Choudhary’s statements. The timing of the threat coinciding with her scheduled seminar also raised suspicions.

A breakthrough came when the police traced the threatening call to Hyderabad and discovered Choudhary’s connection to the caller. When interrogated, her friend revealed he had made the call at her request, claiming he was unaware of the motive behind it.

“The accused has been arrested for providing false information and creating panic,” said a police officer involved in the investigation. “The entire incident was orchestrated to avoid an academic presentation she was supposed to present.”