Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari gets suicide bomb threat email mentioning Al Qaeda; Kolkata man arrested
Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari received a suicide bomb threat email allegedly linked to Al Qaeda. A 27-year-old man named Hasnain Iqbal was arrested in Kolkata for sending the threatening message. The investigation revealed that Iqbal may have intended to harass a woman whose identity he used to send the email.
- ▪Hasnain Iqbal was arrested for sending a suicide bomb threat email to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari.
- ▪The email claimed the attack would be carried out with the help of Al Qaeda.
- ▪Iqbal had prior knowledge of information technology and had sent similar emails to government institutions.
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Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari gets suicide bomb threat email mentioning Al Qaeda; Kolkata man arrestedHasnain Iqbal was arrested Friday night following a joint probe by the cyber cell and the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police.Updated on: May 17, 2026 9:31 AM ISTPTIShare viaCopy link A man was arrested from Kolkata's Garden Reach area for allegedly sending an email to the police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari "with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda", a senior officer said on Saturday.Suvendu Adhikari has become the 1st BJP chief minister of Bengal.
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