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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (X/@Jduonline/file)
On July 16, the office of the Bihar CM received a bomb threat email.
Bihar police have registered a case in connection with an email threatening to blow up the chief minister's office, a senior police officer said.
According to the FIR registered based on the statement of Sachivalaya police station SHO Sanjeev Kumar, the email was sent to the CMO on July 16.
The sender of the email claimed he had ties to al-Qaeda and threatened to “bomb the CMO's office.”
“This is an old case… After investigation, we have registered an FIR on August 2, 2024,” Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Rajeev Mishra told PTI on Saturday.
According to the FIR information on the website of the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) of Bihar Police, the case has been registered against unidentified persons under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and IT Act.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from United News Agency-PTI)
