Bomb hoax at Yahoo! office

AN email warning of a bomb at the Andheri (East) office of software giant Yahoo! sparked panic Thursday,police said. A search of the premises by police and bomb detection & disposal squad revealed it was a hoax. Police said a call was made to Andheri police station from the office in Solitaire Park around 4 pm. “The company’s office in Bangalore received an email warning that a bomb had been placed in the Mumbai office. A probe is on to trace the sender of the email,” said senior inspector Pradeep Gosavi.