Gurugram, March 20 Gurugram Police have arrested a Bangladeshi man for allegedly sending bomb threats via email to several schools here, officials said on Friday.
The police arrested Saurabh Vishwas alias Michael, 30, a resident of Bangladesh, from Ahmedabad on Thursday. He had entered India illegally from Bangladesh nine years ago, they said.
During interrogation, the accused admitted to spreading the hoax to create an atmosphere of fear. He revealed that the threats were made from Dhaka, and he had created the email ID for sending bomb threats, they added.
The accused is a graduate and works in digital marketing, and was currently residing in Sripalli Bazar, Govindapalli district, North 24 Parganas in West Bengal.
On January 28 this year, after some schools informed the police about receiving bomb threats through emails, police teams, along with a police dog squad, bomb disposal team, and fire brigade, reached the schools to inspect them.
However, after no bombs were found and it was declared a hoax, the police registered an FIR under relevant sections of the BNS and IT Act at the Cyber Crime South police station.
During the investigation, the police arrested one of the accused from Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday, they added.
"During interrogation, the accused revealed that he has been working as a freelancer in digital marketing for the past five years, and was part of a Facebook group where he met a Bangladeshi man named Mamunur Rashid, who asked for his Gmail ID," ACP cyber Priyanshu Dewan said.
The accused provided Rashid with around 300 Gmail IDs in exchange for around 250 USTD in cryptocurrency, one of which was used to send false emails about bombings at schools, he said.
The police are questioning the accused, he added.
