TV channel gets e-mail threatening blasts during LS polls

After Hotel Taj and Air India headquarters,a private television channel in Mumbai has received an e-mail threatening to carry out blasts during the Lok Sabha election,police officials said on Monday.

They said the Internet Protocol address of the e-mail sent on Friday to the channel was same as the one sent to Air India headquarters on April 9.

“The email has been traced to a location near Islamabad in Pakistan and in this case the sender of the email has used the same e-mail ID as was used to send the threat e-mail to Air India,” they said.

The e-mails were sent from internet connections provided by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company,they added.