Man arrested in Chennai for sending bomb threat emails taken into custody by Madurai police

Man arrested in Chennai for sending bomb threat emails taken into custody by Madurai police Sarath Subramanian Shankar.

Meanwhile, a software engineer who was arrested on July 22, 2026, at the Chennai airport on charges of sending a series of bomb threat emails has been taken into custody by the Madurai police for interrogation.

Sarath Subramanian Shankar. This person had been working in the U.S., has been accused of sending more than 1, 500 bomb threat emails between 2023 and 2025 to airports, educational institutions, political leaders, and senior police authorities nationwide.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Counter Terrorism Wing arrested him and lodged him in Puzhal Prison. According to the police, Sarath has admitted to issuing 20 of the bomb threats involved in 31 cases registered by the Tamil Nadu Counter Terrorism Wing. After this, the Madurai police have taken Sarath into custody for interrogation.

For context, the case is now widening beyond Tamil Nadu, with police from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh set to take Sarath into custody in connection with bomb threat cases registered in their respective States. According to The Counter Terrorism Wing, all these cases would shortly be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Taken together, the developments around man arrested in Chennai for sending bomb threat emails taken into custody point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.