A 62-year-old mentally ill man was arrested for sending an email threatening that a Metro station would be blown up if employees of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) “mentally tortured” his ex-wife “after duty hours”, the police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, the official email ID of BMRCL received an email threat from rajivsettyptp@gmail.com at around 11.25 pm on November 13.

“If ever I come to know that your metro employees are torturing mentally to my past divorced wife Padmini after duty hours, be careful, one of your metro station gets blasted … I am also a terrorists liker PATRIOTIC against KANNADIGAS,” the email read.

The police identified the sender of the email as Rajiv, a resident of Belthur.

Akshay M Hakke, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), s

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