Bengaluru: Bomb threat to Italian Consulate declared hoax
Bengaluru: A bomb threat email sent to the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru was found to be a hoax after security agencies conducted a detailed inspection, police officials said on Thursday.
According to a report published by Deccan Herald, the Halasuru police registered an FIR on January 30 based on a complaint filed by Consul General Giandomenico Milano (45). The complaint was physically submitted to the police by Security Officer, Cosimo Ciciriello.
Police said the consulate received the threat email on January 29 at around 5.25 am. The message was sent to the official email addresses of the consulate, including bangalore.visa@esteri.it, bangalore.consolare@esteri.it and bangalore.consgen@esteri.it, from an email ID believed to be gaina_ramesh@outlook.com.
"5 RDX to blast in Italy Consulate, Bengaluru at 1 PM. Evacuate Diplomats by 10 AM!" the email said as per the FIR.
An inspection was conducted as per the Standard Operating Procedure and the threat was declared a hoax. Police have registered a case under Section 66F (cyber terrorism) of the Information Technology Act. Further investigation is underway.
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Courts clogged by frivolous fights on dogs, says senior HC judge
Bengaluru: The High Court has expressed displeasure over ‘frivolous fights’ related to the shortfalls in owners taking care of their dogs clogging up the courts.
Justice M Nagaprasanna made the observation on Wednesday, while staying a criminal case on neighbours allegedly assaulting each other physically over a pet dog dirtying the doorstep of the neighbour’s house, according to a report by Bar and Bench.
The senior judge is said to have called it surprising on the way dog owners were letting their pets without taking appropriate care of them and also giving rise to problems whose frivolous points are clogging the criminal courts. He passed an interim stay order on all further proceedings and investigation in crime number, until next date of hearing.
The petition had reportedly been filed by a family of four, claiming that a neighbor had let his dog litter its doorstep late December 2025 and objecting to it. When a fight broke out over the matter, the owner of the dog allegedly assaulted the petitioners with a stone and a bracelet. One of the petitioners was injured in the tussle and taken to hospital.
A criminal case and a counter-complaint were filed, with the dog owner and the petitioners, who then moved the HC asking for the case to be quashed. The HC bench has currently stayed the case and listed for further hearing on February 13.
On Tuesday, the judge heard a similar case, where a dog owner and two of her family members were booked in a criminal case.
The dog owners were allegedly assaulted by neighbours, who got into a fight with them arguing that the dog was frequently let out to roam in an apartment complex and defecate in public spaces.
While the petitioners filed a criminal case following the attacks on them, one of the neighbors too filed a counter-criminal case against the dog owners, accusing them of hurt and assault, among other offences.
After hearing the preliminary submissions by senior advocate Jayna Kothari, who represented the petitioners, Justice Nagaprasanna stayed the criminal case against them. He also told them not to take the dog out anywhere, currently.
