A day after the arrest of the owner of a cyber cafe from where an e-mail threatening to blow up important places in the city was sent, police on Wednesday detained a woman working with the Salt Lake cafe in connection with the case.
Police said Sabitri Dandapat, a resident of Orissa, was arrested on Wednesday morning as she looked after the cyber cafe in the absence of its owner, Kaushik Basu.
Dandapat is a semi-literate woman working as maid in Basu's house for the past six years. But she learnt to operate computers.
Basu was arrested last night for interrogation after the hoax e-mail threatening that bombs would rip through important buildings and landmarks of the city was sent from the cyber cafe to a TV channel.
Police said both Basu and Dandapat would be grilled together as there are discrepancies in their statements.
The TV channel informed police about the e-mail on Tuesday which said "important areas of the city like Park Street, Salt Lake, Nicco Park and landmark buildings like High Court and the state Assembly would be blown off by 10.30 pm".
Bomb squad officials searched for explosives in the mentioned areas but nothing was recovered.
The city has also been put on high alert and security arrangement for the High Court and the state Assembly has been tightened, police said.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Kolkata is on high alert after e-mail warning
After Surat, it's now Kolkata's turn to be on edge after an e-mail threatening bomb blasts on prominent streets and landmarks in the city. Thorough searches late on Tuesday night did not lead to the recovery of any explosives. But police are not taking any chances.
Kolkata has been placed on high alert after an e-mail from the terrorist group ‘India Mujahideen" to a TV channel and other media houses warned of blasts at the Calcutta High Court and at a top private hospital.
As many as 70 per cent of vehicles disappeared from roads after an investigation search was launched. Police have detained Kaushik Bose, the son of a cyber cafe owner in Kolkata's upmarket Salt Lake area, and questioned him throughout on Tuesday July 29 night. Kaushik said he would help the police identify the people who had sent the threatening e-mail from the cyber cafe. The computer from which the e-mail was sent is in Kaushik's name. The cafe was operating illegally, said police. What was most mysterious about the mail was that it mentioned a car bomb and gave the registration number and type of vehicle.
Kolkata has been placed on high alert after an e-mail from the terrorist group ‘India Mujahideen" to a TV channel and other media houses warned of blasts at the Calcutta High Court and at a top private hospital.
As many as 70 per cent of vehicles disappeared from roads after an investigation search was launched. Police have detained Kaushik Bose, the son of a cyber cafe owner in Kolkata's upmarket Salt Lake area, and questioned him throughout on Tuesday July 29 night. Kaushik said he would help the police identify the people who had sent the threatening e-mail from the cyber cafe. The computer from which the e-mail was sent is in Kaushik's name. The cafe was operating illegally, said police. What was most mysterious about the mail was that it mentioned a car bomb and gave the registration number and type of vehicle.
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