Man from Kolar arrested for Raj Bhavan bomb threat call

Bhaskar S found the NIA control room number on the internet and made the call warning of explosives in the Raj Bhavan premises. The call was later declared a hoax.

The accused, Bhaskar S (File Photo)

The Bengaluru police have arrested Bhaskar S, a 34-year-old resident of Kolar’s Mulabagilu taluk, for allegedly making the hoax bomb threat call to Raj Bhavan.

On Monday night, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) control room in Domlur had received a call warning of explosives in the Raj Bhavan premises.

A senior police officer said that according to the initial interrogation, Bhaskar found the NIA control room number on the internet and issued the threat call. “At this point, we do not know why Bhaskar issued such a bomb threat. He spoke in Kannada to the official in the control room,” the officer added.

The Vidhana Soudha police have booked Bhaskar under sections 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and 505(1) (whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumour or report) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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