World · South & Central Asia · 6 hrs ago
Tamil Nadu man arrested over 102 hoax bomb cases in Kerala
Tamil Nadu police arrested software engineer Sharath Subramanian in connection with a series of hoax bomb threats in Kerala.
Police say 102 cases in Kerala are linked to him, including threats targeting the state Secretariat, the Chief Minister's residence, schools and hospitals.
Subramanian, a Tamil Nadu resident who worked in the United States, allegedly sent fake threat emails from the US.
The Tamil Nadu Anti-Terrorism Squad first detained him over a case involving a manipulated image of the wife of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin; police said he made it using ChatGPT.
He told police he sent the threats after his wife left him, and that troubling others helped him deal with his distress.
Thiruvananthapuram City Police then took him into custody in connection with the Kerala cases.
Tamil Nadu’s Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested software engineer Sharath Subramanian in connection with 102 hoax bomb-threat cases in Kerala.
The threats targeted places including Kerala’s Secretariat, Cliff House, schools and hospitals.
Reports say Subramanian sent fake threat emails while he was in the United States.
He was first detained in a case involving a morphed image of the wife of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin.
Subramanian told police he sent the threats because he was distressed after his wife left him.
- Who
- Sharath Subramanian, a software engineer from Tamil Nadu.
- What
- He was arrested in connection with 102 hoax bomb-threat cases in Kerala.
- When
- He was detained about one and a half months after arriving in Chennai; the reports were published on October 20, 2026.
- Where
- The threats targeted locations in Kerala, including the state Secretariat, Cliff House, schools and hospitals.
- Why
- He told police he wanted to trouble others to ease his distress after his wife left him.
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Subramanian sent repeated fake bomb-threat emails targeting locations in Kerala.
He arrived in Chennai.
Tamil Nadu’s Anti-Terrorism Squad detained him in a case involving a morphed image of M.K. Stalin’s wife.
Investigators linked him to 102 bomb-threat cases in Kerala, and Thiruvananthapuram City Police took him into custody.
- Suspect
- Sharath Subramanian
- Cases in Kerala
- 102
- Agency that arrested him
- Tamil Nadu Anti-Terrorism Squad
- Threat targets
- Secretariat, Cliff House, schools and hospitals
- Location of initial detention
- Chennai
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സ്റ്റാലിന്റെ ഭാര്യയുടെ ചിത്രം മോര്ഫ് ചെയ്തു, സെക്രട്ടേറിയേറ്റിലടക്കം ബോംബ് ഭീഷണി, പൊലീസിനെ വട്ടം ചുറ്റിച്ച യുവാവ് പിടിയില്
ഭാര്യ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചുപോയതിന്റെ ഡിപ്രഷൻ മാറാൻ സെക്രട്ടേറിയറ്റിലടക്കം വ്യാജ ബോംബ് ഭീഷണി; യുവാവ് പിടിയിൽ
സ്റ്റാലിന്റെ ഭാര്യയുടെ ചിത്രം മോര്ഫ് ചെയ്തു, പൊലീസ് പിടിച്ചപ്പോൾ ട്വിസ്റ്റ്; കേരളത്തിലെ ‘ബോംബ്’ കേസിലെ പിടികിട്ടാപ്പുള്ളി
What people are saying
My wife left me, and I was in great mental distress. I decided to trouble others to get over this depression.