Ballari Police have arrested a youth for sending a bomb threat message to Ballari City MLA Nara Bharath Reddy, warning that his office in Ballari would be blown up.
The MLA, who was in Bengaluru then, received the message late Monday and immediately informed the Ballari Police. Acting swiftly, officers searched the office while another team apprehended the sender, later identified as Santosh, a resident of Rupanagudi Road in Ballari.
Police revealed that Santosh, an unemployed degree holder, had sent the threat message under the influence of alcohol. The investigation is ongoing.