CHENNAI: A 45-year-old man, J Selvam, was arrested for allegedly issuing a hoax bomb threat to Tiruvottiyur police station on Tuesday evening. Selvam called the Greater Chennai Police control room and said that a bomb would explode in some time after which the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) conducted a search at the police station and found it to be a hoax. 

Subsequently, the police nabbed Selvam and found that he was in an inebriated state when he made the call. He was allowed to leave with a relative and was asked to appear for enquiry the next day.