The Bengaluru police have arrested Bhaskar S, a 34-year-old resident of Kolar’s Mulabagilu taluk, for allegedly making the hoax bomb threat call to Raj Bhavan.
On Monday night, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) control room in Domlur had received a call warning of explosives in the Raj Bhavan premises.
A senior police officer said that according to the initial interrogation, Bhaskar found the NIA control room number on the internet and issued the threat call. “At this point, we do not know why Bhaskar issued such a bomb threat. He spoke in Kannada to the official in the control room,” the officer added.
The Vidhana Soudha police have booked Bhaskar under sections 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and 505(1) (whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumour or report) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The bomb threat incident came 10 days after around 44 schools across Bengaluru received bomb threats through anonymous emails, causing panic among students, parents, and school authorities.
The first wave of threats targeted seven schools, including Napel and Vidyashilpa in Basaveshwar Nagar. One of the schools threatened is situated opposite the residence of Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar.
Shortly afterwards, several more educational institutions received similar threats via email. Bengaluru Police evacuated students and staff from the schools as a safety precaution.
Despite indications that the threats might be hoaxes, police conducted searches across schools and vacated the premises.
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