Visitors evacuated from Taj Mahal: Know the reason

The Taj Mahal complex was vacated following a hoax bomb call early on March 4.

Officials said an unidentified person called the 112 emergency response number of the Uttar Pradesh police at around 9 am and claimed that a bomb was kept inside the monument that is conserved by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and protected by armed personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

CISF personnel immediately vacated the complex and launched a search operation.

“Nothing suspicious has been found and the checks are almost done,” a senior CISF officer told PTI.

The hoax call was traced to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, another officer said.

According to reports, police have arrested the man behind the call.