Tweeter claiming responsibility for Bengaluru Blast held, turns out to be Hindu teen posing as Muslim

The News Minute | December 30, 2014 | 09:02 am IST  Bengaluru police have arrested the user running the Twitter handle, @LatestAbdul , who on Monday took to the micro-blogging site claiming responsibility for the Church Street blast on Sunday, states a report by The New Indian Express. The user called himself Abdul Khan and he tweeted on Monday morning warning of another blast “in two days” and also challenged the cops to try and nab him. The police arrested the person by evening who turned out to be a 17-year-old Hindu boy, states the report The police said that the youth seems to be “psychologically-stressed”. They also brushed off the youth's claim that he was responsible for the blast.  The police responded on social media asking people not to panic and to not believe in baseless rumours.  Please doNOT believe BASELESS rumours of more blasts. Situation is under control. Multiple agencies r coordinating efforts & helping BCP — Abhishek Goyal (@goyal_abhei) December 29, 2014 BCP is aware about the tweets of LatestAbdul. They r being examined. There is NO reason to be alarmed. Please donot pay heed to rumours. — CCB (@CCBBangalore) December 29, 2014 Secured #LatestAbdul He is a 17 year old kid Satish(name changed). Seems psychologically stressed. Talking to him &his parents.Will take n/a — Abhishek Goyal (@goyal_abhei) December 29, 2014 Spoke to the misguided user of #LatestAbdul It reinforces the point that social media has to be used responsibly. Can be dangerous otherwise — Abhishek Goyal (@goyal_abhei) December 29, 2014 However, this is not the first time that the user had made such tweets. In the past, he threatened to bomb a college and had tagged members of police and politicians in his tweet. He had also threatened to 'attack' and 'bomb' Alvas College in Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada, if Mehdi Masroor Biswar, the man behind the pro-IS Twitter account Shammi Witness, was not released by the police, adds the report.  The Twitter account, @LatestAbdul, for now seems to have been taken off from the micro-blogging site.