Ahmedabad, March 3 -- The Ahmedabad Crime Branch and Cyber Crime Unit have arrested the prime suspect behind a wave of hoax bomb threats that targeted schools and courts across Gujarat last month, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified by the police as Sourav Biswas, was apprehended in West Bengal during a joint operation and brought to Ahmedabad. He was produced before a city court on Tuesday and remanded in police custody, a statement by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch said.

"This operation marks a major breakthrough in maintaining public safety and digital security," it said.

The arrest follows a chaotic period in February when coordinated threat emails triggered mass evacuations. On 17 February, at least six district and sessio...