Overview
- The Assembly, which received an email warning of a 1 pm blast Friday, was emptied as police tightened security across the complex.
- Commandos, bomb disposal teams, and dog squads searched buildings, parking areas, and gardens for about three hours and found no devices or suspects.
- The email claimed two volunteers trained by the LTTE and Pakistan’s ISI came from Chennai with electronic vests and that four cyanide gas bombs with GPS triggers were planted.
- Officials said the message also carried vulgar threats that targeted some communities and women, and agencies are reviewing the language as part of the case.
- Police and intelligence units opened an investigation to trace the sender, following a second threat in less than two weeks that kept staff outside for over three hours.