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Bengaluru: Bengaluru city Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh received a bomb threat from Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed, prompting high alert in the city airport and other prominent areas. The police chief received the bomb threat through an email id that was mailed directly to him. The authorities subsequently classified the mail as hoax.
The mail received by the commissioner on November 30 read, “This is a warning from the Jaish-e-Mohammed white collar terror team.” According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by police, it named specific targets: the international airport, Orion Mall, Lulu Mall, Forum South Mall and Mantri Square Mall.”
According to a report by ‘The Times of India’, the report also contained a phone number. The mail indicated that the purported attacks could be avoided by by calling ayt a phone number and making a payment.
The case has been registered under Section 66F of the Information Technology Act. The police has lodged the FIR against an unknown person at the city’s cyber crime police station. The sender of the mail has been ia a Gmail account, and the further probe is on .
“The investigation is currently ongoing as authorities work to trace the sender of the hoax threat email,” a senior officer told the paper. The security has been increased at the mentioned locations as a precautionary measure, even as operations are continuing normally through checks.
According to officials, the use of a proscribed terrorist organisation’s name has added a sinister dimension to the hoax. A team of cybercrime specialists are now examining the digital trail of the mail.
