10,000 cops for Chennai on Independence Day

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Chennai: Tension prevailed at the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu on Sunday night after a hoax bomb threat was received by the city police control room.
The bomb detection squad checked all the nooks and corners of the terminus before declaring the premises explosive free on Monday morning.
The unidentified caller contacted the control ro­om, using a mobile phone, and warned that bombs would go off at CMBT.
The mobile phone was traced to Muruganan­dh­am, (24), a temple priest at Varadaraja Perumal Tem­ple in Vadapalani who re­p­ortedly told the police th­at he had lost it two we­eks ago.About 100 people at the bus stand were detained for checking by Anna Na­gar Deputy Commissio­ner Xavier Dhanraj and Inspector Sam Vincent and BDDS personnel.
Meanwhile, sources said that Central Intelligence agencies had named four cities, Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Nagapa­tti­nam as being vulnerable prior to Independence Day celebrations.
In Chennai alone, nearly 10,000 police personnel will be deployed on Au­g­ust 15. Security has alr­ea­dy been beefed up at Fort St George.