Bengaluru: Bomb threat emails warning of 13 IEDs at DRDO unit turn out to be hoax
Bengaluru: A bomb threat email sent to a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility in the city on Monday was found to be a hoax after police carried out a thorough search.
The threat targeted the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), claiming that 13 cyanide gas-based improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had been planted on the premises, with a warning of explosions at 1:10 pm.
According to police, the email, reportedly written in Tamil, also contained a threat to kidnap party leaders of Tamil Nadu.
DRDO officials received the email around 12 pm and alerted authorities.
"Baiyyappanahalli police along with bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot and conducted a search. The threat turned out to be a hoax," a police officer said.
Police have registered a case based on a complaint, and further investigation is underway.
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Lokayukta sleuths raid eight govt officers in disproportionate assets case
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on eight government officers across the state in connection with alleged disproportionate assets cases, officials said.
According to Lokayukta sources, the raids were carried out in the morning at the residences and offices of at least eight officials serving in different departments and districts, including Kodagu, Bidar and Mysuru.
Among those searched is I K Puttaswamy, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) posted at Harangi Dam sub-division in Kodagu district.
In Bidar, searches were conducted against Suresh K L, retired Finance Controller at the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Nandinagar.
Officials said Shivanna, Deputy Director in the Fisheries Department in Ballari, was also covered under the operation.
In Mysuru, premises linked to Kiran Kumar, Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department, were searched.
In Chitradurga, raids were conducted against Susheelamma, a retired accounts assistant, while in Mangaluru, Babu B N, serving as an Assistant Drug Controller, was among those targeted.
Similarly, in Shivamogga, Shobha K R, District Officer at the Backward Classes Welfare Department and Ajay Singh, Assistant Executive Engineer in the District Urban Development Cell, were also subjected to searches.
"A coordinated operation was launched this morning against multiple officials suspected to have amassed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income," a Lokayukta official said.
"The searches are being carried out at several locations simultaneously and are still in progress," the official added.
