Karnataka CM, Deputy CM get bomb threat email
In a shocking turn of events, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and several of his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday received a threat mail, which claimed that an explosion will rock Bengaluru at 2:48 pm on Saturday.
The email was sent by a person named Shahid Khan, using the email address Shahidkhan10786@protonmail.com, news agency ANI reported.
“What are your thoughts on the movie trailer? If you don’t provide us with 2.5 million dollars, we will cause large explosions on buses, trains, temples, hotels and public areas throughout Karnataka,” the mail read as per ANI.
“We want to show you one more trailer. We are going to explode the next one in the Ambari Utsav bus. After the Ambari Utsav bus blast, we will raise our demands on social media. And will upload screenshots of the mail sent to you on social media. We will tweet information about the next explosion,” it stated.
The email has threatened that the explosion will take place at busy places like restaurants, temples, buses or trains, targeting CM Siddaramaiah, deputy CM DK Shivakumar, state home minister and the Bengaluru top cop, the report added.