The consulates of Italy and Japan in Bengaluru recently received hoax bomb threats through emails, following which a case was registered in connection with the incident, police said on Thursday.
The threat mail read, “5 RDX explosions at Italy Consulate in Bangalore at 1pm. Evacuate diplomats by 10am!” (ht file image)Police said that after a complaint regarding the threat mail received on January 29, a thorough check was carried out, PTI news agency reported.
The threats later turned out to be hoaxes, police said. A case has been registered in Ulsur Vidhan Soudh Based on the complaint made by the officers from the police station, Italy and Japan Consulate
The emails were sent from an ID named ‘gaina_ramesh@outlook.com’, officials confirmed, adding that investigations are underway, according to a PTI report.
Italian consulate officials alleged that they received the email at 5.25 am on January 29 on their official email ID. The threat mail read, “5 RDX to detonate Italian Consulate, Bangalore At 1 p.m. Remove the diplomats by 10am!”
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Officials of the Japanese consulate also received a similar email from the same ID at 5.32 am, police said, adding that a case was registered at Bidhan Soudh police station based on the complaint of consulate officials.
It comes a month after the Karnataka High Court and several district courts across the state were disrupted after bomb threat mails were received, prompting evacuations and security checks.
In the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court, the authorities removed the court staff and adjourned the hearing. Police teams along with bomb disposal squad and fire brigade personnel were deployed, after which a thorough search of the premises was conducted.
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The court premises including all the buildings and open grounds were checked, authorities did not find any suspicious objects. Similar bomb threat emails were received by district courts in Mysuru, Gadag and Bagalkot, where proceedings were temporarily suspended, but nothing was recovered.
