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The Idukki territory was placed connected precocious alert connected Tuesday aft respective cardinal locations received weaponry threats via email. The targeted sites included the Mullaperiyar dam, Idukki dam, the District Court astatine Muttom successful Thodupuzha, and the District Collectorate.
According to the police, the emails were received connected Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to state a high-alert presumption and motorboat extended hunt operations. A five-member squad led by weaponry squad territory complaint serviceman P. Manoj Kumar carried retired the searches with assistance from the canine squad. Magi and Dolly, dogs specially trained successful explosives detection, were deployed arsenic portion of the operation.
Officials noted that the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams are classified arsenic highly delicate and captious installations, warranting enhanced information measures.
District Police Chief K.M. Sabu Mathew said that searches were conducted astatine each 4 locations mentioned successful the emails, but nary suspicious objects oregon materials were found.
“The email is suspected to person originated successful Tamil Nadu and contained respective mendacious narratives. The constabulary stay connected precocious alert arsenic investigations and precautionary searches continue,” Mr. Mathew said.
This is not the archetypal specified incidental successful the territory this year. On January 8, tribunal proceedings astatine the Idukki District Court were disrupted aft a akin menace was sent to the District Judge’s authoritative email code successful the sanction of a ‘Tamil Liberation’ organisation.
“The territory has been receiving respective specified email threats successful caller times,” Mr. Mathew added.
