Man held for issuing bomb threat to Union Minister Gadkari’s Nagpur residence

Police on Sunday (August 3, 2025) arrested a man for issuing a bomb threat to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's residence in Nagpur, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.

The man called up the city police control room on the emergency number 112 in the morning to issue the threat, sending the authorities into a tizzy.

During their investigation, the police traced the mobile number from which the call was made. They found that one Umesh Vishnu Raut, a resident of Tulsi Bagh Road near Vima Dawakhana in Sakkardara area of Nagpur city, was its registered user, an official said.