Bomb threat to Chennai IT complex; 1000 employees evacuated

CHENNAI: More than 1,000 employees were evacuated from an IT complex in Ambattur near Chennai after it received a bomb threat from an unidentified person around 8.30am on Friday.

Police said an employee at the reception of Info Skyline, one of the companies in the six-storey complex, received the call in the morning. The caller said a strong bomb would go off in the building before noon, police said. Officials of Info skyline passed on the information to Tavo Power Engineering Company and Tata Consultancy Service.

Employees of the two companies were evacuated immediately.