New Delhi: A privately-owned television channel has received an e-mail threatening terrorist attacks against the Pakistan cricket team.
The email, sent from guru_boys2000@yahoo.com, has demanded that the Pakistani cricket team withdraw from the ongoing Test series.
The mail carries the threat that Pakistani cricketers may be assassinated if they do not go back to their country.
BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla has confirmed that the Board is in touch with the Home Ministry over the security of the Indian and the Pakistan teams.
“The security has been beefed up. High alert has already been issued. Since, the BCCI works in a close coordination with the Home ministry before every series, we don't worry a lot about the security as the home ministry takes care of it. We have special security setup for Indo-Pak series every time,” Shukla said.
It also says that there will be more bomb blasts in various places in India and Pakistan and has given the dates and venues for these attacks:
K K Nagar in Chennai will be attacked on November 30, Ghaziabad on December 10, J J Colony in Delhi on December 25, Mulund West in Mumbai on December 28 and Fairlawn Hotel in Kolkata on January 1.
The email has even threatened a blast in Islamabad on January 1.
The authenticity of the email, however, is yet to be ascertained. The possibility of this being a prank cannot be ruled out.
"We will check the message once the television channel hands us over the email," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said.
Investigations have shown that the e-mail was sent from a French domain. It was tracked to a cyber cafe in Laxmi Nagar, east Delhi. The police have taken the café’s owner in for interrogation.
The police are taking the help of the locals to create a likeness of the e-mail sender, who is believed to stand 5 feet 8 inches tall, according to sources.
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