Iskcon temple in Tirupati receives bomb threat days after fake emails to hotels
- In Reports
- 11:45 AM, Oct 28, 2024
- Myind Staff
The Iskcon temple in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, received a bomb threat, leading to heightened security measures around the temple. The Iskcon temple's staff allegedly got an email on October 27 claiming that "Terrorists connected to Pakistan's ISI would blow up the temple," according to the police.
Teams of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and dog squad arrived at the location after receiving an email alert regarding the threat and initiated a search operation at the temple. However, nothing offensive or explosive was found on the temple grounds. The police have opened an investigation into the temple bomb threat.
Bomb threats were also sent to two well-known hotels in Tirupati earlier on October 26. Following a thorough check by BDS and sniffing dogs, the police later determined that the threats were false. The threat referred to Jaffer Sadiq, the accused leader of a drug trafficking network who was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate and Narcotics Control Bureau in Tamil Nadu.
According to the ambiguous mail, the chief police officer in Tamil Nadu "partnered with PAK ISI" to carry out explosions in an attempt to "divert attention from Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi," the wife of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin of Tamil Nadu. Before this, bomb threats were made against three other hotels in Tirupati; however, after extensive searches, the security forces determined that the threats were false.
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