Over 500 police to guard Diljit Dosanjh concert in Indore after repeated email bomb threats

More than 500 police personnel will be deployed for Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh's live concert in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 November at the C21 ground, after repeated bomb threats were received by email.

Police have tightened security arrangements. Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and Crime Branch teams are checking the venue three to four times a day. Drone surveillance has also begun. Police will also keep watch on main roads, checkposts and intersections.

According to police, the team has spoken to the organisers about security arrangements. During the event, local police, the Crime Branch, the BDS and private security teams will work together. The concert is proposed on a ground of four lakh square feet, where a special stage will be built.

On Thursday, threatening emails arrived at four places, including Punjab National Bank. The emails came at different times: between 10.30 am and 10.36 am, at around 12 noon and at 1.47 pm.

Police have identified two email IDs and are examining login records, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and other digital evidence. Investigators are also checking whether hackers used compromised accounts or email data bought from the dark web. Police are trying to establish whether a single person or an organised cybercrime network is behind it. The threats examined so far have turned out to be hoax, but there is no let-up in security.

Earlier, the mayor's secretariat, three private schools and banks had received similar threats. The Gwalior High Court had also received a threat email against the concert.

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained a suspect who had claimed to be selling an email account. Police also traced an older threat to the hacked account of Nikhil Gupta, a resident of Dewas. Investigators found evidence of a suspicious IP address linked to the United States and the use of a virtual private network (VPN). Meanwhile, police were also reviewing the organisers' application for permission to hold the concert.