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Hoax e-mail: cyber cafe owner remanded

Kolkata: Amid a fresh bomb scare in the city, the West Bengal government on Wednesday arrested the owner of a cybercafé for alleged involvement in Tuesday evening’s e-mail threat and reinforced regulations on cyber cafes.

State chief secretary Ashoke Mohan Chakraborty, told reporters that the police were on the alert for any eventuality. A task force had been set up to tackle cyber crime.

The State government re-issued a circular on cybercafes, saying that its violation would attract penal provisions of the IPC. “I will be conducting surprise checks at cybercafes and shopping malls to check whether the seven-point directives were being followed by cybercafé owners.”

A hoax mail threat received by some news channels on Tuesday said key installations across the city and the Salt Lake area would be bombed at 10 p.m.

The owner of the cyber café in Salt Lake from where the mail was believed to have emanated was picked up and remanded to 14-day police custody.

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