Chennai, June 7 (BPNS)

Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday arrested a person identified as Raj Mohamed from Pudukottai for circulating messages that the RSS office in Uttar Pradesh would be blown off. Tamil Nadu police’s Anti Terror Squad (ATS) acted on a tip-off from Uttar Pradesh and arrested Raj Mohammed who was holed up in Pudukottai.

According to Police the man had threatened to blow off RSS offices in Lucknow, Unnao, and other places in Uttar Pradesh and had circulated messages on Whatsapp. Tracing his WhatsApp number, police zeroed in that he was at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh police intimated the Tamil Nadu ATS who promptly nabbed him.

An FIR has been registered against Raj Mohammed in Madiyaon police station in Lucknow, according to S. Chinnappa, DCP North Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

He said that a bomb threat was received at the RSS offices in Lucknow and Unnao and hence FIR was registered against Raj Mohammed.

Tamil Nadu police said that the accused will be handed over to the Uttar Pradesh police after producing him before a magistrate court in Pudukottai.