Bomb threat received at Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh's office: Police

Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh's office received a bomb threat via email. Separately, police arrested Srinivas Louis, 47, for sending over 1,000 hoax threats to govt offices and courts, motivated by a personal land dispute in Mysuru.

The office of Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh received a bomb threat via e-mail on Wednesday, officials said.

The authorities said that a bomb threat was received at the Mayor's Office in Delhi. The threat was sent to the official email ID of Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh. The Bomb Disposal Squad arrived at the spot.

Serial Hoax Threat Sender Arrested

Meanwhile, Delhi Police stated that 47-year-old Srinivas Louis has been sent to a six-day police remand in connection with sending over 1,000 hoax threat messages targeting government offices, High Courts, and other institutions across the country.

Motive and Modus Operandi

"47-year-old Srinivas Louis, who was arrested for allegedly sending more than 1,000 hoax threat messages targeting several institutions, High Courts and government offices across the country, has been sent to a 6-day Delhi Police remand. It has come to light that he had a land dispute in Mysuru, Karnataka, and his father was not getting his share. Due to this, Srinivas Louis wanted to study Law and was miffed with the Court as justice was not being done to him. He had qualified for NET and had worked as an Assistant Professor."

The officials further stated that messages and emails were sent by him via phone. "Most of the mails/messages were sent by him from his phone. Police team has gone to Mysuru to take the device into their custody. He was an expert in masking his IP address. He had sent emails to a few cities even in Pakistan. He kept changing his address, fearing that he would get caught. Not just Courts across several cities, but even the Supreme Court was on his target," Delhi police stated.

More details awaited. (ANI)

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