Six hoax bomb threats have been reported in Uttar Pradesh,Noida , Ghaziabad, Kanpur and Allahbad this week. The miscreants behind these hoax threats, which even prompted in hospitals and shopping malls are yet to identified. FIR have been lodged in connection with some of the incidents. Panic gripped a busy neighborhood in Noida's sector 63 on Friday morning as heavy security was developed and the area cordoned off following an alert that a bomb like device was found on a road. On Thursday, an unidentified caller informed a prominent private hospital in Noida's Sector 27 that a bomb was placed in its basement, triggering panic and evacuation of people from the premises. In Ghaziabad, an LPG cylinder with a watch like device attached to it triggered an alarm on Wednesday. A bomb disposal squad soon reached the spot and found that it was not bomb. Two hoax bomb threats were also received in Allahabad and one in Kanpur. In Kanpur, a Twitter user flagged a bomb threat for South X Shopping mall in Kidwai Nagar area and a couple of other crowded spaces in the city. Later, the Kanpur police said it was a hoax as no explosives were found.