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The Hyderabad police on Monday sought the help of the Interpol to arrest a Non-Resident Indian based in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) for sending a scary e-mail that warned of attacks on Muslims in the city.
According to a senior police official, the city police has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation to request the Interpol to issue a red-corner notice for the accused, identified as Mohammed Saifuddin, who is a native of Hyderabad and works as a system administrator with a firm in Jeddah.
The Central Crime Station, which registered a case in connection with the scary e-mail, traced its origin to a computer in Jeddah.
The e-mail was sent by Saifuddin who quoted a fictitious liquor shop-owner Kirpal Singh supposedly overhearing a so-called RSS activist talking of plans to target the Muslims in Hyderabad, like in Gujarat.
The e-mail even mentioned several localities such as Chintalbasti and Khairatabad where the 'attacks' would be launched.
Scores of people in the city found the e-mail forwarded to them from anxious relatives in Saudi Arabia and other places.
Following reports in Urdu newspapers, the city police employed experts to trace the origin of the e-mail.
After a painstaking effort lasting about a month, the police managed to track down the culprit.
On Monday, the city police wrote to the Union home ministry seeking permission from the external affairs ministry for dispatching a police team to Jeddah to nab the accused.
The police have also sought the help of the Jeddah police in this regard.
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