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Postgraduate Student Arrested in Mangaluru After Hoax Bomb Threat to Skip Seminar

Authorities charged her under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after linking the false threat calls to her mobile through technical analysis.

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Overview

  • She allegedly made five bomb threat calls on June 4 to a private hospital in Deralakatte in order to avoid presenting a paper at a seminar.
  • Bomb Disposal and Dog Squads led a 10-hour security sweep of the campus and found no explosives or suspicious objects.
  • Investigators determined that she herself filed the initial complaint to mislead authorities about the origin of the threats.
  • Ullal police arrested Chalasani Monica Choudary on June 7 and seized the phone used to place the hoax calls as evidence.
  • A case has been registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the police continue to probe the incident.