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The probe launched by the constabulary into 3 large weaponry threats against the Kozhikode Civil Station and the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital is yet to marque immoderate headway. Though the constabulary assertion that the root of the email messages sent to the authoritative email IDs has been traced, nary suspects person been identified truthful far.
The archetypal incidental took spot connected August 21, 2025, erstwhile an email, sent from an anonymous source, claimed that a weaponry would detonate astatine 1.30 p.m. astatine the collectorate’s B Block. The email, sent successful the sanction of ‘Madras Tigers’, was aboriginal identified arsenic a hoax. However, information arrangements astatine the collectorate were strengthened pursuing a elaborate information audit by the weaponry detection and disposal squad.
The 2nd incidental occurred connected February 3. This time, too, the menace came successful the signifier of an email sent to 1 of the authoritative IDs. As a precaution, the full premises were placed nether heightened surveillance and subjected to aggregate rounds of information checks by the police.
Even aft 3 days of investigation, the constabulary failed to hint the root of the threat. Similar threats were besides reported astatine a fewer different collectorates and courts successful the State. The reasons down the repeated threats stay unknown, arsenic the constabulary are yet to place immoderate suspects.
Another large menace was reported astatine the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital connected January 7, 2026. The email was reportedly sent to the authoritative email code of the Medical College Principal, who handed it implicit to the constabulary for investigation. Initial findings indicated that the email originated from Tamil Nadu, but nary further advancement has been reported successful tracing the sender.
Though the threats successful each the incidents were aboriginal recovered to beryllium hoaxes, they triggered superior information concerns among the public, particularly patients and their bystanders astatine the aesculapian assemblage hospital. The constabulary had enactment successful spot elaborate information arrangements to code nationalist anxiety, which were aboriginal scaled down.
According to constabulary sources, each caller hoax menace cases are being examined by a peculiar probe team. They said details gathered by the section constabulary and cyber probe teams had been handed implicit to the assigned investigators for further action.
