Copy Of India Receives 4 Bomb Threats A Week, Internet Crime Unit Moved

ISKCON Temple in Patupati India. (Mudit Maurya-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The ISKCON Temple in Patupati India received a bomb threat via email from the party claiming ISIS.

Quoting Hindustantimes via NDTV, Monday, October 28, the management's report to the authorities was responded to by the arrival of bomb disposal teams and sniffer dogs.

All temple parameters were combed to detect explosives but nothing was found.

The police concluded that the threat of a bomb on Sunday, October 27 local time was a hoax. However, the authorities are still investigating the email sender by tracking it.

This is the fourth bomb threat in Tirupati City, India in a week.

Previously, three hotels in Tirupati also received bomb-threatening emails that triggered the panic of the local community. As soon as the police received the complaint, the hotel was evacuated and the bomb disposal squad carried out the search.

"Three hotels received warning of the threat of a bomb. A FIR has been registered regarding the email, and the case is being investigated from various angles. We will immediately track down the perpetrators, and those behind the email will be identified after the investigation is complete," said East Tirapati Police Inspector Srinivasulu, Friday last week.

Due to a number of incidents that hit Tirupati, a cybercrime unit from the state police was mobilized to track down the sources of the threat.