Hoax bomb mails pose headache for Madurai police

MADURAI: While the police department is yet to make a breakthrough in case of the hoax bomb mails targeting educational institutions and hotels across the state, the cyber crime department authorities from Chennai on Tuesday said that they have formed special teams to nab the unidentified persons who used VPN (virtual private network) and Torrent for sending the mails.

The incident came to light after the mail IDs of schools and hotels received mails claiming that bomb blasts will take place in the premises, forcing the management to vacate students from the schools and visitors from the hotels for their safety.

The visitors and students were allowed entry again, only after thorough inspection was carried out in the premises. “In Madurai city and rural alone, the bomb detection and disposal squad had checked around 12 places within the last few weeks, in vain.