Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Commander Pradeep, who threatened to destroy Mysore arrested

Mysore, Sep 27: A 25-year-old anti-national thug, who threatened to destroy Mysore by carrying out bomb blasts during Dasara, was arrested by the police.

The arrested terrorist has been identified as Pradeep, a resident of SIT Extension in Tumkur. It is learnt that he is a BCA student.

Pradeep had sent the e-mail to the office of city Police Commissioner at around 8.27 p.m. on September 21.

The e-mail, sent in the name of'Chief Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen', read: œtargeting Dasara RDX and time bombs fixed in 30 different places in Mysore, save your Mysore .

The city police registered a case under Section 66 (A) and immediately entrusted the investigation to the City Crime Branch. The CCB traced the sender of the e-mail to Tumkur and arrested Pradeep.

Confessing to have sent the mail to the Police Commissioner, Pradeep claimed that he was disgusted over the society and mentally upset and done this.

He was produced before the court and taken into judicial custody. The Commissioner appreciated the work done by the CCB and complemented it for tracing the culprit.