'A bomb has been planted at TVK chief Vijay's house', a threatening email early this morning causes panic.

News Topical, Digital Desk : A bomb threat was received at the home of TVK chief Vijay in Neelankarai, Chennai. Upon receiving the bomb threat, police and a bomb disposal squad arrived at the politician's residence in Neelankarai. A thorough search was conducted. No explosive material was found during the search.

Actor-politician Vijay received an email on Thursday stating that a bomb had been planted at his Neelankarai residence. However, after a search of Vijay's Neelankarai residence, the report turned out to be fake. According to police officials, upon receiving the call, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDDS) was dispatched to the scene early in the morning and conducted an investigation, but found nothing.

Know what the police said

A constable present at the scene said they began the search around 3 a.m. after receiving information. The constables first searched the house from outside. Later, when TVK chief Vijay arrived, police were allowed inside. "When we found nothing, we left around 7:25 a.m.," the constable said.

S.V. Shekhar also received bomb threats.

Following the incident, an assistant police commissioner told PTI that city celebrities have been receiving bomb threat emails from a Hotmail address. Last month, another actor-politician, S.V. Shekhar, also received a bomb threat email. The subject matter of these emails is similar. We have not yet been able to trace the email ID.

BDD squad told rumour

It's worth noting that earlier, on October 6th, a major national daily in Chennai also received a bomb threat email, claiming that three RDX IEDs had been planted on their premises. As in the previous case, the BDD squad, after a thorough search, declared it a hoax. The police have now launched a search for the person who made the threat.

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