One detained for making hoax bomb call to TN CM's house

A youth was on Wednesdaydetained in nearby Tirupur for making a hoax bomb threat callto the residence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami inSalem district on Wednesday.

According to police, the CM's house received a callclaiming that a bomb was planted there, early this morning.

Immediately, a bomb squad along with sniffer dogs carriedout searches for nearly two hours, which proved that the callwas a hoax, they said.

The call was traced to a youth, whose identity is yet tobe revealed, in Tirupur and interrogation was on, they added.

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