Letter threatens bomb explosions in Coimbatore on August 15

June 19, 2015 21:09

A letter stating that bombs would explode in ten places in the city during the Independence Day celebrations on August 15 has been received by a police station.

The threat letter was purportedly written by one Rajesh, who claimed to be a Maoist sympathiser, and was received last night at Ramanathapuram police station. It asked the police to take measures to prevent the explosions, the police said today.

The Tamil Nadu Q Branch Police have arrested five Maoists recently on the outskirts and three of them are lodged in Central jail here. Two others -- a couple Roopesh and Shyna -- have been taken to Kerala and lodged in a jail there in connection with some cases against them in the state.

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