AMU on high alert after ransom and bomb threat email, security strengthened

The security measures have been heightened, and vigilance intensified following a threat mail received on Thursday evening by multiple email IDs of Aligarh Muslim University officials. The threat mail was sent to the e-mail IDs of several university authorities, including vice-chancellor, registrar, proctor, dean social welfare, 13 deans of different faculties, from an unusual mail ID. “The threat mail was sent to the e-mail IDs of several university authorities, including vice-chancellor, registrar, proctor, dean social welfare, 13 deans of different faculties, from an unusual mail ID, stated Prof Mohd Wasim Ali, Proctor of Aligarh Muslim University, on Friday. The email, sent from the address tiwarisrijanyt@protonmail.com, containing a threatening message stating, “I have talked with a few students and we have placed an explosive in your campus.if I don’t get 2 lakh rupees in my UPI number within 2 days.I will detonate the bomb.think carefully and act.if you don’t follow our words, we have a plan to mix pork oil in your university food, we will do that everyday.” The police have forwarded the email and UPI number mentioned to the cyber cell after Security Officer at AMU informed Civil Lines Police station on Thursday.