Police Arrest ‘Habitual Offender’ for Hoax Call Over ‘Terror Attacks’ in Karnataka, Kerala Among 8 States news18.com

The Bengaluru police have arrested a ‘habitual offender’ who made a hoax call on Friday night claiming that terrorists were planning to carry out attacks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Puducherry, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The accused, Swamy Sundara Murthy, 65, is a retired army personnel and is working as a lorry driver. He was arrested in Avalahalli, in the outskirts of Bengaluru on Saturday morning. His son was martyred in the Kargil war. The police said that Murthy is a ‘habitual hoax caller’.