Chennai: BJP office receives bomb threat, parcel with gunpowder

Chennai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office here received a bomb threat from an unknown person on Friday. The BJP office reported to the local Police that they received a parcel containing gunpowder and other explosive related materials along with a threat note. An investigation has been launched to ascertain the source and sender of the parcel. The incident comes days after few unidentified assailants hurled a petrol bomb at the Trivandrum district committee office of BJP on June 7. The bomb was hurled by two unidentified persons on a two-wheeler. Luckily, no one was in the office when the incident took place. As per the police, a chair in front of the office was found in a burnt condition. BJP district president S Suresh alleged that CPI-M was behind the attack and said the incident happened at about 8.30 pm. He said police came to the spot very late. Suresh said the party has called for a 12-hour shutdown from 6 am to 6 pm in the district. The attack comes in the backdrop of the attempt to manhandle CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in New Delhi by two men who claimed they were members of a group called Hindu Sena. (With agency inputs)