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Punjab Police Detain Engineer, Arrest Two in Golden Temple Bomb Threat Probe

Investigators trace emails for leads under heightened security at the Golden Temple.

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Security personnel at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Friday. (PTI)
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Police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar (centre) addressing a press conference in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Overview

  • Police detained 24-year-old software engineer Shubham Dubey from Faridabad for questioning over emails threatening to blow up the Golden Temple with RDX.
  • Two other suspects were arrested in Tamil Nadu on Friday in connection with multiple bomb-threat emails sent to the SGPC since July 14.
  • Bomb disposal squads and canine units have been stationed at the Golden Temple complex under a tight security cordon.
  • Cyber-crime and central intelligence agencies are analyzing seized devices and coordinating with internet service providers to trace the origin of the threat emails.
  • Political and religious leaders have urged calm, condemned the threats as attempts to destabilize communal harmony and warned the public against spreading rumours.