Ex-Army Man arrested for hoax call about terror attack

Following Karnataka police department’s warning to southern states of India, protection was intensified, and security was beefed up in Tamil Nadu.

After the wild goose chase, the Karnataka police on Saturday detected the location of the person who made the call and found that it was a hoax call.

The arrested person had been identified as a resident of Munivenkatappa Layout, Avalahalli. He is a retired army person, now working as a truck driver.

Sundara Murthy, while making the hoax call claimed to 'have information' that important cities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra, Telangana, Puducherry, Goa, Maharashtra will be hit by terror attacks.

Following the call, Karnataka DG-IGP had written to his counterparts of 6 states warning of terror attacks - Tami Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Maharashtra, Puducherry and Goa.