Man makes 20 hoax calls claiming bomb at CM’s residence, arrested

Chennai | Saturday | 10th August, 2019

Summary:

By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: The city police arrested a man who allegedly called up the police control room at least 20 times, claiming that a bomb would go off at the residence of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. The information was found to be a hoax, but in the meantime, the man called the police 19 more times, informing them about a bomb waiting to explode. “The Cyber Cell police identified the caller as Vinod Kumar (33), a resident of Parasakthi Nagar, who worked as a driver. He called the police control room from his mobile phone in an inebriated condition. Vinod Kumar was arrested twice last year for making similar hoax calls,” said a police officer..