Bihar CMO Office Receives Bomb Threat Via Email Claiming To Be From Al-Qaeda

Patna: The Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Bihar's Patna received an email claiming to be from the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda threatening to blow up the office. Immediately, security was beefed up and the area was put on a high alert. 

The Bihar Police registered and according to an FIR, registered on the basis of the statement of Sachivalaya Police Station SHO Sanjeev Kumar, the email was sent to the Chief Minister's Office on July 16.

The sender of the email had claimed that he was associated with Al-Qaeda and threatened to "bomb the premises" of the CMO.

"It's an old case...we have registered an FIR on August 2, 2024 after an inquiry," Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Rajiv Mishra told PTI.

According to the FIR available on the website of the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) of Bihar Police, the case has been registered against unknown persons under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and IT Act. 

(With PTI inputs).