E-mail threatens blast in Delhi on I-Day

State and Central intelligence agencies have been put on alert after an e-mail threatening blast in Delhi on Independence Day was sent to various state chief secretaries,including Rajasthan Chief Secretary C K Mathew.

The e-mail,forwarded yesterday by one Ajay Kashyap to the chief secretaries of Rajasthan,Delhi and few other states,claimed that a man from Bihar was planning to trigger blasts in Delhi on August 15,state intelligence sources said.

The e-mail also contained specific details of the man,it claimed,would carry out the blasts,they said.

Efforts are on to trace the source of the e-mail and the sender’s identity.