Bomb threat to Vice President's Chennai residence, likely a hoax: Police
Following the email, a police team is rushed to the Vice President's house and a thorough check undertaken
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A bomb threat was issued to the Poes Garden residence of Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, and it appears to be a hoax, police said on Friday.
Following the email threat sent to the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police here, a police team consisting of experts from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and a sniffer dog was rushed to the Vice President's house and a thorough check was undertaken.
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"The threat appears to be a hoax," a police official said.
The Chennai police have been receiving scores of such email threats for the past month, and efforts were on to trace the sender.
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