Bhtakal: The Uttara Kannada police have cracked the case of a bomb threat email sent to the Bhatkal Police Station, tracing it back to a habitual offender currently lodged in Mysuru prison.

The accused has been identified as Jatin Sharma, a native of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, as reported by The New Indian Express on Tuesday.

The threatening email, which claimed a bomb had been planted in Bhatkal town and would explode within 24 hours, was sent on July 10. Two emails were received in quick succession—one at 7:22 am with a brief message, "We have planted a bomb in the town", followed by another at 7:23 am warning, "It will blow off in 24 hours".

Police investigations revealed that Sharma, a repeat offender, used a mobile phone belonging to another inmate, Kannan Guruswamy of Munnar. The two reportedly met in Munnar jail. Sharma allegedly borrowed Kannan’s mobile phone under the pretext of contacting his wife but instead used it to send the bomb threat to Bhatkal police.

“Sharma who has worked in a hotel in Bhatkal, had issues with his live-in partner. He was arrested by the Noida police and convicted by a court. He is nursing a grudge against the police after this episode and is sending such emails. He is doing this out of hatred. He is facing at least 20 cases across the country of issuing bomb threats,” TNIE quoted Uttara Kannada SP M. Narayan as saying.

The accused typically stole or secretly used someone else’s mobile phone to send threat messages, without the knowledge of the phone’s actual owner.

“When we contacted the Munnar police, we learnt that the accused is in Mysuru jail. The Munnar police had obtained the body warrant for inquiry. We will bring him to Karwar for inquiry,” SP Narayan added.

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London, Aug 5 (PTI): An Indian-origin taxi driver based in Ireland for over 23 years has become the latest to be targeted in an unprovoked attack in the capital Dublin, with local police (Gardai) launching an investigation into the violent assault.

Lakhvir Singh, in his 40s, told local media that he picked up two young men in their 20s on Friday night and dropped them at Poppintree, in the Ballymun suburb of Dublin.

Upon arriving at the destination, the men are said to have opened the vehicle door and struck him twice on the head with a bottle. As the suspects fled, they reportedly shouted: "Go back to your own country".

"In 10 years I've never seen anything like this happen," Singh told ‘Dublin Live’.

"I'm really scared now and I'm off the road at the moment. It will be very hard to go back. My children are really scared," he said.

A Dublin police spokesperson said Singh was taken to the city's Beaumont Hospital with injuries determined as not life-threatening.

"Gardaí are investigating an assault reported to have occurred in Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin 11 at approximately 11:45 pm on Friday, 1st August 2025. A man, aged in his 40s, was brought to Beaumont Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injury. Investigations are ongoing," the spokesperson said.

The incident followed an Indian Embassy advisory, also issued on Friday, expressing safety concerns following recent attacks in and around the capital Dublin and urging Indian citizens to take safety precautions.

"There has been an increase in the instances of physical attacks reported against Indian citizens in Ireland recently,” states the advisory.

“The embassy is in touch with the authorities concerned in Ireland in this regard. At the same time, all Indian citizens in Ireland are advised to take reasonable precautions for their personal security and avoid deserted areas, especially at odd hours," the statement reads, adding emergency embassy contact details as 0899423734 and cons.dublin@mea.gov.in.

It came in the wake of a brutal attack on a 40-year-old Indian man at Parkhill Road in the Tallaght suburb of Dublin on July 19, described as “mindless, racist violence” by locals.

The Gardai had opened an investigation into the case and Indian Ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra was among those who took to social media to express shock over the attack.

“Regarding the recent incident of physical attack on an Indian national that happened in Tallaght, Dublin, the embassy is in touch with the victim and his family. All the requisite assistance is being offered. The embassy is also in touch with the relevant Irish authorities in this regard,” the embassy said in a social media post days after the incident.

A Stand Against Racism protest was also held by the local community in condemnation of what was described as a "vicious racist attack" and to express solidarity with migrants.

Last week, Dr Santosh Yadav took to LinkedIn to post details of a “brutal, unprovoked racist attack”.

The entrepreneur and AI expert stressed that it was not an isolated incident and called for “concrete measures” from the governments of Ireland and India to ensure Indians feel safe to walk the streets of Dublin.

His post revealed that a group of six teenagers attacked him from behind as he walked to his apartment in Dublin.

“This is not an isolated incident. Racist attacks on Indian men and other minorities are surging across Dublin — on buses, in housing estates, and on public streets. Yet, the government is silent. There is no action being taken against these perpetrators. They run free and are emboldened to attack again,” reads Yadav's post.

Fine Gael party Councillor for Tallaght South, Baby Pereppadan, was among those who expressed concern following last month’s attack.

“People need to understand that many Indian people moving to Ireland are here on work permits, to study and work in the healthcare sector or in IT and so on, providing critical skills,” he said.