Overview
- An email to the Chief Minister’s Office claimed bombs were placed at Cliff House and at two city bank branches, prompting immediate checks by police and bomb-disposal teams.
- The message alleged RDX was planted by a group invoking the LTTE and a Karachi-based ISI cell, a claim authorities have not verified.
- Search operations at the CM’s residence and the bank premises involved dog squads and bomb detection units, and no explosive devices were found.
- Police registered a case and said similar threat emails have arrived before, with investigators noting the latest messages were sent via dark web tools.
- The alerts follow a year of repeated hoax threats at high-security sites in Thiruvananthapuram and come as the city prepares for President Droupadi Murmu’s December 3 Navy Day event.