The security forces have launched an extensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer on receiving an email threatening to blow up the Ajmer Sharif dargah and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant with RDX-based explosives. Informing about the threat email, the police said a thorough search was launched in the city.
The email at the collectorate around noon claimed that four RDX-based improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had been planted at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the collectorate premises and the Kudankulam atomic plant, adding that the bombs would detonate as soon as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives, according to the police.
Superintendent of Police Vandita Rana said all departments were alerted after the threat mail surfaced, and said, "An email threatening to bomb the Ajmer dargah and the collectorate was received. Following this, the premises were evacuated and checked thoroughly."
"The dargah complex has also been cleared, and a search operation is underway. So far, no suspicious object has been found," she added.
Teams of the Crime Investigation Department, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), dog squads and bomb disposal units have been deployed at both locations. Security personnel from four police stations, along with additional forces, are conducting systematic checks using metal detectors, the officer said.
Entry into the dargah has been temporarily halted, causing crowds to gather outside the main gates. The area around the shrine has been cordoned off, and all incoming visitors are being stopped until the search concludes. Senior officials, including three civic body commissioners and station house officers from nine police stations, have been stationed at the site to oversee the operation, Rana said, adding that a probe into the source of the email is underway.
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