Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, deputy DK Shivakumar receive threat mail; probe launched

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. File image

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, along with several other cabinet ministers, have reportedly received a bomb threat mail. The mail was  addressed to key figures including Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Home Minister G Parameshwara, news agency ANI reported on March 5.

The email ID used by the person sending the threatening mail was Shahidkhan10786@protonmail.com, India Today NE reported.

According to the ANI report, the sender threatened to bomb railway stations, temples, bus stops and public places throughout the state as well as demanded a ransom of 2.5 million dollars (about Rs 20 crore) to refrain from carrying out the explosions.

The City Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru Police has registered a case in this regard.

This comes just after at least nine persons were injured during a blast that took place at Rameshwaram Cafe in Brookfield in East Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, on March 5, another person named Mohammed Rasool Khan was arrested by the Karnataka Police for posting a video on social media in which he threatened to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The arrest was made after an FIR was registered in Surpur police station in Karnataka's Yadgiri, ANI reported. The accused was booked under sections 505(1)(b), 25(1)(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms Act.

Khan, "who made a selfie video on his mobile phone, abused Prime Minister Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath with unintelligible words," the report quoted the police as saying.

(With inputs from agencies)