Overview
- Police reported receiving two emails warning of RDX devices at multiple locations, triggering an immediate security response across the city.
- Bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs searched the RTC bus stand, Srinivasam, Vishnu Niwasam, Kapilatheertham, Govindarajula Swamy Temple and other named sites.
- Intelligence and cyber security units launched an investigation to trace the origin of the messages and assess their credibility.
- Media accounts cite alleged links to ISI and former LTTE militants, including a Tiruvallur network, a claim that has not been independently verified by authorities.
- Precautionary deployments were extended to the judges’ residential and court complexes and the agricultural college helipad ahead of the chief minister’s scheduled Oct. 6 visit.