Delhi Police has arrested a man from Mysuru in Karnataka for allegedly sending more than 1,100 hoax bomb threats to schools, high courts and government offices across the country, officials said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Srinivas Louis, 47, was apprehended from his rented accommodation on Saturday following a joint operation by Delhi Police and local police teams, the officials said.

The arrest comes amid a recent spate of bomb threat messages being sent to the Delhi High Court, assembly and several educational and government institutions.

Police said Louis is a postgraduate and a native of Bengaluru. He is currently unemployed and lives with his mother, a retired government employee.

“Preliminary investigation suggests that he may have been under mental stress. During initial interrogation, the accused confessed to sending over 1,100 threat messages across the country via emails and other communication platforms,” a senior officer said.

Multiple FIRs had been registered in different states following the threats, police said. (Agencies)

Mar 30: Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested a suspected operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba from the Ghazipur area here, an official said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Shabbir Ahmad Lone, was allegedly working as a sleeper cell member and had pasted anti-national posters at multiple locations, he said.

“Preliminary investigation has revealed that the module was being operated at the behest of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),” the officer said.

“We have recovered currency of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and India from him,” the officer said.

Shabbir Ahmad Lone, alias Raja alias Kashmiri, a resident of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, was earlier arrested by the Special Cell in 2007 with a large cache of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 rifle and grenades. He remained lodged in Tihar Jail till 2018.

Police sources said that he had links with Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, and had received terror training in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He is currently being interrogated. (Agencies)

A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Visakhapatnam, carrying 160 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday due to an engine failure, according to sources.

“Full emergency was declared at Indira Gandhi International Airport at 10.39 for IndiGo Visakhapatnam-Delhi flight 6E 579 due to one engine failure,” a source said.

There were 160 passengers on board the Boeing 737 aircraft, the source said.

The flight landed at 10.59 am as per flight tracking website flightradar24.com.

Further details are awaited.

BJP MP Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai on Friday raised serious concerns in the Rajya Sabha over the increasing incidence of lung cancer among non-smokers, attributing the trend to deteriorating air quality and urging the government to initiate a national screening programme for early detection.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Upper House, Desai cited findings from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which indicate that out of nearly 1,00,000 new lung cancer cases reported annually in India, about 40 per cent occur in individuals who have never smoked.

“This completely challenges traditional beliefs and reflects the changing nature of this disease,” he said.

Highlighting the role of air pollution, Desai identified PM2.5 particulate matter as a major risk factor. He noted that rapid urbanisation, industrial growth, and increasing vehicular emissions are steadily degrading air quality, posing a significant threat to public health.

The MP also pointed out that All India Institute of Medical Sciences is currently conducting detailed research involving around 3,200 individuals to better understand the link between air pollution and cancer.

Desai flagged delayed diagnosis as a major challenge, stating that most lung cancer cases are detected at advanced stages, leading to nearly 70 per cent of patients dying within a year of diagnosis.

“This exposes gaps in healthcare preparedness as well as public awareness,” he added.

While acknowledging the government’s efforts under Ayushman Bharat Yojana for cancer care, he called for urgent measures to curb air pollution, implement a targeted nationwide screening programme, and strengthen healthcare infrastructure and awareness initiatives.