Email threat to blow up office of DG, family welfare, sends cops into tizzy
While police and sleuths of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) remained on alert for hours, nothing suspicious was found during the search of the entire building, a spokesman said, adding that work at the office resumed after a clearance signal by security agencies.
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The department received an email which read, "Four RDX-based bombs will explode in the building at 1.13pm. Pakistan Zindabad."
Director general Sushma Singh informed the police immediately.
The employees were informed about threat mail after which the staff vacated the building.
Police and ATS teams, along with bomb squad, started searching the entire premises with bomb detectors and sniffers. No explosive material was found during the search.
Police suspect that the threat mail could be the handiwork of disgruntled elements.
ACP, Chowk, Raj Kumar Singh said, "No bomb or explosive material has been found. Cyber cell is looking into the origin of the mail. Security has been tightened in and around the office."
The employees were asked if they received any suspicious parcel, they should hand it over to the police.
"The threat mail was received at 4.18am on Monday in which a reference was made about Tamil Nadu politics, an MP's alleged nexus with ISI and the Chinese intelligence agency, a helicopter crash, and incidents like Pahalgam in Kashmir. 'Madras Tigers' was written at the end of the message," a police officer said.
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