Special team formed to probe 29 cases of bomb threat emails in Bengaluru
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Bengaluru: In view of the recent surge in bomb threat emails sent to various government and private offices across the city, the Karnataka government has constituted a special investigation team to probe these incidents.
The team, led by Bengaluru North Division DCP B.S. Nemagowda, will handle all cases of bomb threats registered in the city’s western zone police stations.
Speaking to reporters, DCP Nemagowda said that as many as 29 cases related to bomb threats have been registered across 14 police stations in the western zone. All these cases have now been transferred to the Cyber Crime Police Station of the North Division, which will carry out a coordinated investigation through the newly formed special team.
The investigation unit will include the ACP and Inspector of the North Division Cyber Crime Police Station, along with personnel from the police stations where the cases were initially registered.
Recently, several prestigious schools, colleges, government offices, and even the residences of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister received email threats warning of bomb explosions.
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Vijayendra hits back at CM Siddaramaiah over demand for PM Modi's resignation
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Saturday said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Deputy D K Shivakumar should have resigned two years ago, if they expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step down over the recent fuel price hike.
His remarks came a day after Siddaramaiah condemned the petrol and diesel price hike, demanding its immediate rollback, and called for Modi’s resignation, holding him responsible for "failing" the people, mismanaging the economy, and pushing ordinary families into deeper hardship.
Rejecting Siddaramaiah's demands, he asked, "Does the Congress and other opposition parties in the country not know why the petrol and diesel prices are increasing? If they demand the Prime Minister's resignation for the hike in petrol and diesel, then Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar should have resigned two years ago."
Speaking to reporters here, he pointed out that the Congress government in the state increased petrol and diesel prices by hiking taxes without citing any reason.
"They have done it four to five times. How many times, then, should Siddaramaiah have resigned? Considering the situation globally and in the country, and the distress situation looming globally, the Prime Minister has advised certain things."
The BJP leader urged the opposition not to oppose for the sake of opposing.
Petrol and diesel prices were each hiked by Rs 3 per litre on Friday, the first rate increase in more than four years, amid mounting losses for fuel retailers due to surging global crude prices in the wake of the West Asia conflict.
The increase comes a couple of weeks after the Assembly elections concluded in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry.
Vijayendra also dismissed the allegations that the price hike was deliberately delayed until the conclusion of polls in five states and one union territory, and said PM Narendra Modi doesn't make any decision keeping elections in mind.
"Considering the interests of the country, the people, and the poor, he makes appropriate decisions at the right time," he added.
