New Delhi: One person was arrested in Bhopal, on Wednesday, for allegedly sending an e-mail to a Hindi daily.
He had allegedly posed as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) chief in Madhya Pradesh and claimed responsibility for the Mumbai serial blasts.
Ninteen-year-old Sumit Tamrakar, a resident of Chola in Bhopal, was arrested within 48 hours of sending an e-mail to the newspaper's suggestion box on July 16.
In the letter, he identified himself as SIMI's state chief, Inspector General of police Sanjeev Singh said.
The threatening mail mentioned that a letter had been dropped inside the donation box of a temple, he said, adding that the letter was later recovered by the police.
The letter claimed whatever happened in Mumbai was only a "trailor and more dreadful and severe attacks would be carried out in Bhopal," Singh said.
Swinging into action, police traced the cyber cafe from where the e-mail had been sent and subsequently arrested Sumit whose handwriting also matched with that in the letter recovered from the temple, he said.
On preliminary interrogation, the accused claimed to have posted the e-mail just as a prank aimed at creating a sensation, Singh said adding that he was being questioned further and investigation was in progress to ascertain the facts.
On the e-mail, said to have been sent by the Lashker-e-Kahar to a news channel, top police officials said no information has yet been received from Mumbai police.
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