1. CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, other officials get bomb threat email
Close on the heels of the blast at The Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, Karnataka chief minister, deputy chief minister, home minister and City police commissioner received threat emails on March 2, warning of more attacks. The low-intensity explosion at the restaurant’s Brookefield outlet in east Bengaluru on March 1 left nine injured.
The email warned of attacks on public places and public transport, including the KSRTC’s line of premiere buses. Following the email on Saturday, the cybercrime police stepped up investigations and registered a suo motu case. Efforts are on to track down the source of the mail.
