342 bomb threat mails received since April have been taken seriously: Chennai Police Commissioner

Greater Chennai Police (GCP) Commissioner A. Arun said connected Tuesday that 342 weaponry menace emails had been received since April, and each of them were taken earnestly and duly investigated.

Addressing the media, Mr. Arun elaborated connected the measures taken by the constabulary to grip specified threats. “All incidents person been duly booked, and either a CSR oregon FIR has been registered. We dainty each message earnestly and guarantee nary are ignored, adjacent though each of them person turned retired to beryllium hoaxes. All the cases person been consolidated and referred to a peculiar portion — the Anti-Terror Squad — which is presently investigating the incidents,” helium said.

The Commissioner said based connected the connection and phrasing utilized successful the emails, it appeared that a tiny radical of miscreants could beryllium down the threats. “They look to beryllium disgruntled elements suspected to beryllium operating locally,” helium added. He said tracing the IP code of the sender had been hard since the emails were sent utilizing acheronian web browsers and VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). “Recently, specified threats person besides been sent done Gmail and Hotmail accounts utilizing VPNs,” helium said.

Mr. Arun added that the contented was not constricted to Chennai. “Such menace mails person besides been sent to cardinal locations crossed India. Central agencies person taken cognisance of the substance and are conducting their ain investigations,” helium said.

“Some of these mails were sent to consulate offices successful the city, and we person acted instantly successful each instance. The premises were thoroughly checked aft the receipt of the mails, pursuing our modular operating procedures for handling specified threats,” helium said.

The Commissioner said information had been tightened astatine captious installations and Metro stations crossed the metropolis pursuing Monday’s detonation successful Delhi, though determination was nary circumstantial menace to Chennai. “We person intensified conveyance checks and strengthened information measures without causing panic oregon disruption. We volition proceed to stay vigilant,” Mr. Arun added.