India, Nov. 6 -- In a significant breakthrough against the recent wave of bomb hoax emails that have unsettled schools across India, Bengaluru Police have tracked down and arrested the culprit, a woman already incarcerated in Ahmedabad Central Jail.

The accused, identified as Rene Joshilda, a software engineer by profession, was found to be behind several fake bomb threat emails sent to educational institutions in Bengaluru and other cities, said a report by the NDTV.

The investigation was launched after a prominent Bengaluru school received a threatening email on June 14, prompting the principal to alert the authorities. As more schools across the city began reporting similar threats, the City Police Commissioner directed the North Div...