Suspicious 'loud noise' heard in many parts of Bengaluru

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Suspicious 'loud noise' heard in many parts of Bengaluru
Suspicious 'loud noise' heard in many parts of Bengaluru

Bengaluru : Residents in several parts of Bengaluru have reported of hearing a loud noise on Tuesday afternoon, but no one knows what kind of noise was that.

People in Whitefield, Electronics City, HAL, HSR Layout and other areas posted on social media that they heard the noise at around 1.30 p.m.

Some of the social media users tagged it to be similar to a high thunderstorm or like a sonic boom. Some even mentioned about windows rattling.

An official of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said, “The activity reported in Bengaluru is not due to an earthquake. Seismometers did not capture any ground vibration as generally happens during a mild tremor. The activity is purely a loud unknown noise. More importantly, no ground vibration was observed and hence no record by the seismometers installed by KSNDMC," he said.

Many people speculated that the sound could have been caused by a fighter jet such as a Mirage 2000.

"We have also asked the Air Force Control Room to check if it was a jet or supersonic sound. Bengaluru police are awaiting confirmation from the Air Force," Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao said in a statement.

"We are trying to ascertain the source of the noise," a senior police officer said. "In Whitefield area, we have searched on the ground and so far, there is no damage to any property," he added.

Meanwhile, PRO of HAL has also cleared that the incident has nothing to do with any of their tests.