The Vidhana Soudha police on Saturday arrested a 41-year-old software engineer for making repeated hoax bomb threat calls to the Chief Secretary’s office on Friday .
Based on the complaint from the office, the Vidhana Soudha police, with the help of Electronics City sub-division officials, tracked down Prashanth to his house in Hebbagodi and arrested him within a few hours. Even though the police suspected it to be a hoax call, they carried out combing operations in and around the Vidhana Soudha premises to ensure safety.
A probe revealed that Prashanth had been upset over two break-ups and made a call to the Chief Secretary’s office thrice out of frustration. A native of Tamil Nadu, Prashanth was working in an IT company and living in a rented house in Hebbagodi.
The police produced Prashanth before the court and took him into custody for further investigations.
