BENGALURU: Bengaluru police have initiated an investigation into a threatening email received by the city police commissioner on November 30, warning of bomb explosions at Kempegowda International Airport and several shopping malls in the city. The email, later determined to be a hoax, triggered the registration of an FIR against an unknown sender.The email was sent at 11:53 am by someone identifying as Mohit Kumar through a Gmail account to the commissioner’s official email address.“This is a warning from the Jaish-e-Mohammed white collar terror team. We have targeted Kempegowda International Airport, Orion mall, Lulu mall, Forum south mall and Mantri square mall for bomb blasts from 7 pm onwards,” stated the email as quoted in the FIR.The threatening message included a phone number and suggested that the attacks could be prevented by calling the number and making a payment.Police have registered a case under Section 66F of the Information Technology Act, which deals with cyber terrorism, at the cyber crime police station.The investigation is currently ongoing as authorities work to trace the sender of the hoax threat email.
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