FIR registered over man sending threat email to blow up metro station

Bengaluru: An unidentified person was booked by the Wilson Garden police for allegedly sending a threat email to Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), warning that a Metro station in Bengaluru would be blown up.

The police registered the FIR on November 15, following permission from a city court. They had first registered a non-cognizable report (NCR) following a complaint on November 14 by Rathish Thomas, 50, Assistant Executive Engineer (Cybersecurity), BMRCL.

According to the FIR, on November 13, at 11.25 pm, the official email of BMRCL received an email from [e-mail].

“If ever I come to know that your metro employees are torturing mentally to my past divorced wife Padmini after duty hours, be careful, one of your metro station gets blasted... I am also a terrorists liker PATRIOTIC against KANNADIGAS,” the email read, as per the FIR.

The threat was declared a hoax by the police and an investigation was launched after the case was booked under BNS Section 351 (criminal intimidation).

Multiple police sources confirmed to DH that the suspect was identified and would be arrested shortly. Probe is underway.