At least 10 major hotels in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, mostly premium properties, received bombthreats via emails on Sunday, October 27.

The email threatened that the explosion would take place if the ransom demand of $55,000 (Rs 4,624,288) is not met.

“Bombs are hidden in black bags on the grounds of your hotel. I want $55,000, or I will detonate the explosives and blood will spread everywhere. Any attempt at defusing the bombs will detonate them,” reads the bomb threat email.

The hotels that received bomb threats are Marriott, Saraca, Piccadily, Comfort Vista, Fortune, Lemon Tree, Clark Awadh, Casa, Dayal Gateway, and Silvette.