The information was passed on to Trichy police who arrested him from his house.
Chennai: The city police control room received a call from a man who claimed he was going to kidnap Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday.
According to sources, the control room immediately relayed the details of the call to higher officials. Following this, the
Cyber Cell officials traced the caller as one Rahmath Ullah, a resident of Thillai Nagar in Trichy.
The information was passed on to Trichy police who arrested him from his house.
He confessed to police that he made the threatening call as he was under stress.
Rahmath Ullah, an employee of a fast-food hotel, was sacked from his job a week ago. He was both agitated and stressed that he made the call to the control room, he claimed. Furthur Inquiries are underway.
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