Kolkata, May 16 -- In a significant development, Kolkata Police arrested one person from Gardenreach area for allegedly sending a fake email to Bhabanipur police station claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was the target of an assassination plot.

Addressing a press conference at Lalbazar, police said the accused, identified as Hasnem Iqbal, was arrested within two days of the email being received on May 14.

The email claimed that a woman associated with terrorist outfit Al Qaeda was planning to kill the chief minister in a suicide attack and was preparing bombs for the operation.

Police immediately began an investigation after receiving the threat mail at Bhabanipur police station.

With assistance from Gardenreach ...