An email received this morning at the Tamil Nadu Police Director’s office falsely claimed that bombs had been planted at the residence and office of Municipal Administration and Drinking Water Supply Minister K.N. Nehru in Trichy, as well as at the residence and office of School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh.
Trichy City Police Commissioner Gamini was immediately informed, following which the city police were put on high alert. Bomb disposal squads, assisted by metal detectors and sniffer dogs, carried out detailed searches at Minister K.N. Nehru’s residence in Thillai Nagar 5th Cross and his office in the Shastri Nagar area.
Similar searches were conducted at Minister Anbil Mahesh’s residence in Anna Nagar, Tennur, and at the Trichy South District DMK office in Chathiram VN Nagar. After a thorough investigation, authorities confirmed that the bomb threat was a hoax.
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Meanwhile, a similar threat was made to a private arts and science college in the Chathiram area of Trichy. Bomb squads searched the entire premises, including offices, classrooms, and laboratories, but nothing suspicious was found. The false bomb threats targeting the ministers’ properties and the college caused widespread panic across Trichy.