Pak-based prankster sent threat mails: cops

Sources revealed that the latest e-mail read ¿ ‘Hi,namaste…Today Mumbai airport will be blasted by suicide attack,just wait. I am the master mind of Taj Hotel blast.’

“We are firmly of the opinion that all three terror e-mails are hoaxes. Investigations tend to suggest that these were all sent out by the same person,” said a senior police official,who did not wish to be named.

According to the police,investigations have revealed that latest e-mail threat was sent from the alternative e-mail id listed by the sender while setting up the e-mail account from which the first set of terror mails were sent.

“While the first two e-mails sent out to the Taj properties were traced to an IP (Internet Protocol) address in Islamabad,the latest e-mail has been traced to a location in Lahore. The first set of e-mails was sent from the e-mail id indianagentshubham@yahoo.com with alternate e-mail id indianagentarvind@yahoo.com,the e-mail received by Air India was sent from e-mail id indiangentarvind@yahoo.com,” said the official.

According to Mumbai Police officials,while adequate precautions have been taken each time such an e-mail has been received,the threat is not perceived to be genuine in any of the last three cases.