Coimbatore: The government train police arrested a 44-year-old man on Friday night because of calling a threat of a hoax bomb.
The police identified the defendant as D Senthilkumar, a resident of Masaniamman Nagar at Velakinar near Thudiangur.
He is an electrician.
According to a police officer, Senthilkumar was under depression and alcoholism after his wife died for Covid-19 a few months ago.
Friday morning, he made a telephone call to the police control room and said two people planned to plant a bomb at the city train intersection.
Detection and disposal forces and pelidic dogs are pressed into the service immediately, but only to realize it is a deception call.
The police team identified the caller and traced his existence to VelPinar.
Senthilkumar was taken for interrogation and was arrested on Friday night.
The man who made the threat of a hoax bomb was arrested
