NEW DELHI, Mar 30: Delhi Police has arrested a 47-year-old man from Mysuru, Karnataka, for allegedly sending over 1,100 hoax bomb threats to schools, high courts and government offices across the country, officials said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Srinivas Louis, was apprehended from his rented accommodation on Saturday in a joint operation by Delhi Police and local police teams.
The arrest comes amid a recent spate of bomb threat messages targeting the Delhi High Court, the Assembly, and several educational and government institutions.
Police said Louis, a postgraduate and native of Bengaluru, is currently unemployed and lives with his mother, a retired government employee.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that he may have been under mental stress. During initial interrogation, the accused confessed to sending over 1,100 threat messages across the country via emails and other communication platforms,” a senior officer said.
Multiple FIRs had been registered in various states in connection with the threats, police added. (Agencies)
