Date:29/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/29/stories/2006102903790800.htm

National

Police make headway

Staff Reporter

E-mail threat: suspect's sketch prepared

KOCHI: The police team investigating the e-mail threat on the lives of the President and the Prime Minister has prepared a sketch of the suspect, who had sent the email from a cyber café in the city.

The sketch was made from the description given by two women employees at the café on Thursday. It is said that the suspect is fair in complexion, average in height, with a thin moustache and is aged between 25 and 30.

The police have requested the public to pass on any information regarding this suspect to 0484-2394500 or 1090 (toll-free number).

Digital evidence has been found that the suspect created the hotmail address from the café itself. He was at the café between 2.30 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. and the message was sent between 3.15 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on Thursday.

The police team has also collected the details of the mails sent and received using this account from Microsoft through the U.S. Department of Justice. It was confirmed that the ID was created at around 2.30 p.m. and no other mail than the threat was sent from this ID.

The hard discs of all the four machines have been sent to the Centre for Development of Advance Computing for forensic analysis. A senior police official in the team said chances of a terrorist group being involved were less. Additional Director-General of Police Rajan Madhekar reviewed the progress of the investigation on Saturday.