The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai faced a bomb threat on Tuesday, triggering a swift security response. An email, purportedly from "Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan," warned of RDX IEDs set to detonate at 3 pm. Police and bomb squads conducted a thorough search, finding no explosives.
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