Overview
- Officers and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad searched her Teynampet home Tuesday and found nothing, so they called the threat a hoax.
- Chennai’s Cyber Crime Wing opened a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, India’s new criminal code, for criminal intimidation and false information.
- Investigators are tracing the email’s IP address and working with service providers to find the sender.
- The email to the Tamil Nadu DGP control room also claimed explosives were at the Bangladesh Deputy Consulate in Chennai.
- The episode follows similar hoax alerts since 2025 that named stars like Rajinikanth and Dhanush.