Someone had sent a letter to the society threatening to blow up the appartment where Sameera Reddy stay, if a certain amount of money was not sent to them immediately. When the police found a pot with wires attached everyone thanked God, the pot turned out to be harmless. Sameera says, "I was petrified and worried whether my family was safe. And though it was all a hoax, I realised just how serious things could have got."