Bengaluru, April 6 Multiple emails threatening a bomb attack at the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab located within the Byappanahalli police station limits here, were received at its office, police said on Monday.
According to officials, the premises were evacuated and thoroughly searched by police, along with the bomb disposal squad and fire services, following which the threat was declared a hoax.
The email, written in Tamil, claimed that improvised explosive devices had been planted on the premises and would explode in the afternoon, around 1:30 pm, they said.
Officials also said that the sender had issued a warning that the grandson of an influential politician from Tamil Nadu would be kidnapped.
The message, reportedly sent from an ID 'Kiruthiha.udhayanidhi@hotmail', allegedly warned of a plot to abduct Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's grandson, Inbanidhi.
The Central Crime Branch police have intensified the investigation to identify the person behind the email threats, officials said, adding that as a precautionary measure, security has been increased at defence establishments in the city.
