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A weaponry squad combed the residence of Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan astatine Katpadi successful Vellore and Ranipet Collectorate analyzable implicit a hoax weaponry menace issued done an email connected Wednesday.
Police said the menace email to Ranipet Collectorate, received astir 11 a.m., warned of a imaginable detonation astatine the Collectorate and the location of Mr. Duraimurugan astatine Katpadi, starring to swift enactment by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad.
The Minister is staying astatine his authoritative residence successful Chennai to be the ongoing league of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. His lad and Vellore MP, D.M. Kathir Anand, who was not contiguous during BDDS searches, and his household members were residing astatine the house. .
Likewise, the Ranipet Collectorate analyzable houses authorities departments specified arsenic the District Collector’s office, District Revenue Office, Civil Supplies Department, Department of Geology and Mining, and the Agriculture Department.
Given the ample fig of departments functioning wrong the premises, the Collectorate witnesses dense footfall each day, with hundreds of citizens visiting for assorted authoritative purposes.
Following the weaponry threat, the BDDS teams, assisted by sniffer dogs, conducted search operations successful and astir the premises — including parking tons and corridors astatine Ranipet Collectorate and the Minister’s location astatine Katpadi. The squad did not observe immoderate imaginable explosive devices. A lawsuit was registered by Ranipet Town and Viruthampattu constabulary adjacent Katpadi respectively. Further probe is nether way.
