Date:30/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/30/stories/2008123059570400.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Held for bomb hoax

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: The Government Railway Police, Egmore, arrested a man on the charge of sending a bomb hoax message on Monday.

N. Selvendran (29) of Thanjavur district had sent a text message to the Q Branch helpline mobile number on December 16, saying bombs would explode in the Egmore, Tambaram, Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore stations.

The police said the message was found a hoax.