Panic grips IIT-K as cops comb hostels on terror alert

Kanpur | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

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This time he threatened the security personnel that as to why they had informed the police about the midnight call. “The caller told the security personnel that two terrorists were hiding in hall no. Kanpur: An unverified call, warning of terrorists hiding in the boys’ hostel of IIT-Kanpur on late Sunday night, prompted the police to launch a search operation. 9 and 10 of the boys hostel of the institute,” said CO Kalyanpur Ajay Kumar.The security personnel immediately informed the senior institute officials, who in turn alerted the Kalyanpur police. He identified himself with two different names — Sunil Yadav and Arvind Tiwari.According to CO Kalyanpur, it was a hoax call..