NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a youth from neighbouring Gurgaon who had allegedly sent an email to Japanese Embassy threatening to cause bomb blasts in the capital.
The 24-year-old youth, whose identity was not disclosed so far, was brought to the capital for interrogation by a team of Delhi Police's Special Cell.
Initial examination of the youth indicated that he had some mental problem.
As a result of the email threat, the Japanese embassy and its cultural centre have been temporarily closed.
The embassy received the mail in which it was stated that after the blasts in Jaipur and Ahmedabad, there will be bomb blasts in Delhi, sources said.
In the mail, Sarojini Nagar area was identified as one of the targets. Sarojini Nagar market was targeted by terrorists in October 2005.
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NEW DELHI: The Japanese government has closed the consular section of its embassy in India and warned its citizens to avoid crowded places such as markets and train stations after receiving an e-mail warning of a possible attack.
Japan's embassy in New Delhi said in a statement on its website that it had received an e-mail warning of an attack on New Delhi's popular market district of Sarojini Nagar, where at least 66 people were killed in a 2005 bomb attack.
The consular section of the embassy will be closed from July 30 "for a while," according to a spokesperson.
Delhi Police are investigating the email, said Rajan Bhagat, a police spokesperson. Indian authorities have been on a high alert since at least 45 people were killed when a series of 16 bombs ripped through Ahmedabad, the main city of Gujarat state, on Saturday.
