Coimbatore district collectorate receives bomb threat for 21st time

COIMBATORE: An unidentified person sent a hoax bomb threat email to the Coimbatore district collectorate on Thursday. This was for the 21st time that the collectorate was receiving a bomb threat in recent months.On being alerted, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and the K9 dog squad of the city police carried out a search on the collectorate premises and declared it a hoax bomb threat. "We cannot ignore such emails, and we carried out a search on the premises immediately. The city cybercrime police have been working on various angles with the help of experts to trace the person who is sending the bomb threat emails," said a senior police officer.