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The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) conducted a thorough hunt astatine the office of The Hindu connected Anna Salai, Chennai, connected Monday greeting (October 6, 2025), pursuing a threatening email that claimed that 3 RDX IEDs had been planted successful the building. The squad determined the menace to beryllium a hoax.
The email, sent astatine 8:45 a.m., was addressed to the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police and The Hindu’s Readers Editor. It came from an idiosyncratic claiming to beryllium “Fayaz Pandian Pak ISI- Coimbatore Wing.” The taxable enactment read: “From The River to The Sea: 3 RDX IEDs Planted successful Kasturi Building. 859-860, Anna Salai, Chennai. Evac Before Blasts!”
The email further alleged Bangladesh-based agencies were progressive successful Chennai and Tiruvallur, allegedly moving done “clandestine mingling with northbound Indian workers.” It besides claimed explosives had been planted successful the newspaper’s office.
