Karnataka police have arrested the man who made a hoax bomb call to a mosque in communally sensitive Shivajinagar locality in Bengaluru, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The accused has been identified as 37-year-old Syed Mohammad Anwar from Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
According to police, the accused was raising donations for madrassas from the mosques.<\/p>\n
After collecting the donation from the Azam mosque near Russell Market in Shivajinagar locality of Bengaluru, he had sought permission to stay back the night which was denied.<\/p>\n
An upset Anwar then boarded the bus to Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Upon crossing Devanahalli, he had made a phone call to the emergency helpline number 122 stating that terrorists had planted a bomb in the mosque.<\/p>\n
The incident had taken place late at night on July 5.<\/p>\n
It had created panic and tension among the local residents and police. The search operation was carried out late in the night.<\/p>\n
Officials of fire force and emergency services, police department, bomb disposal squad and dog squad had rushed to the spot and conducted search operations which turned out to be a hoax call.<\/p>\n
Shivajinagar police, which registered the case in this regard, nabbed the accused when he had gone to Mehboobnagar from Kurnool.<\/p>\n
Investigations have revealed that the accused was a BSc graduate but was unemployed.<\/p>\n
He used to earn his livelihood in the pretext of collecting donations for madrassas.<\/p>\n
Further investigation is on.