The letter, purportedly written in Malayalam by a person in Kochi, was received at the office of Kerala BJP chief K Surendran, who in turn, handed it over to the police.
The police and security agencies have launched a probe into a letter threatening to launch a suicide bomb attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day Kerala visit starting Monday.
The letter, purportedly written in Malayalam by a person in Kochi, was received at the office of BJP state president K Surendran, who in turn, handed it over to the police last week.
The police traced down a person named N K Johny, whose address had figured in the letter, which said Modi would face the fate of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Johny, a native of Kochi, denied having written the letter but alleged that a person who nursed a grudge against him was likely to be behind the assassination threat.
Johny told reporters that the police had come to his house and inquired about the letter. “The police have matched the letter with my handwriting. They are convinced that I was not behind the letter. Somebody who holds a grudge against me may have been behind the threat. I have shared the names of persons whom I suspect,” he said.