NEW DELHI, Mar 5: The Karnataka chief minister, deputy chief minister, home minister and Bengaluru city police commissioner have received threat emails warning of more attacks.
The mails were received on March 2 close on the heels of the low intensity bomb blast at the Rameshwaram Café in Brookfield in east Bengaluru the previous day leaving nine injured, police said on Tuesday.
Following the email on Saturday, the cybercrime police stepped up investigations and registered a suo motu case. Efforts are on to track down the source of the mail. The email warned of attacks on public places and public transport, including the KSRTC’s line of premiere buses. The accused also demanded a ransom of $2.5 million for not carrying out the attacks.
The accused stated that they would raise their demands on social media and tweet the information about the next attack. “The police have stepped up vigil at public places even though the mail looks like a hoax,” said an official.
(Manas Dasgupta)