Two held in separate hoax bomb menace instances in Chennai

A person who referred to as the police management room claiming to have planted bombs in a park and temple in Maduravoyal has been arrested.

On Sunday (October 12, 2025) morning, a person referred to as the police management room from a cell phone and claimed that bombs had been planted at Pallavan Nagar Park in Maduravoyal and at a close-by temple. Following this, a police workforce from Maduravoyal police station, together with personnel from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and the sniffer canine unit, carried out an intensive search of the premises. The menace turned out to be a hoax.

With the assistance of superior technical evaluation, the police traced and arrested the caller, recognized as Boopathy, 43, of Villupuram district, on Sunday morning. The cell phone used to make the decision was seized from him.

Boopathy is a every day wage employee in Chennai. He made the hoax name to the police management room whereas drunk, the police mentioned.

Disabled man held, launched on station bail

In a separate case on Sunday, the Teynampet police station traced and arrested Ayyappan, 36, of Thiruporur, Chengalpattu district, who had referred to as the police management room and issued a menace claiming {that a} bomb had been positioned on the residence of Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Chittaranjan Road.

Investigations revealed that Ayyappan, an individual with a incapacity, earns a dwelling by promoting SIM playing cards. It additionally got here to mild that in 2020, he had been jailed in a case registered on the Egmore police station for issuing bomb threats to the Koyambedu bus terminus, Egmore railway station, and different places.

Further inquiries revealed that Ayyappan, an alcoholic, had been repeatedly making prank and nuisance calls to varied public establishments and high-level authorities places of work, claiming bomb threats.

The police mentioned because the accused is an individual with a incapacity and had made the decision drunk, they counselled him and requested him to not repeat his actions. He was launched on station bail and despatched house on humanitarian grounds, they added.