After threat mail to CGF, complaint lodged in Delhi

The Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered an FIR after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) recently alerted the organising committee officials here about a threat of possible attack on officials during the October 3-14 event.

According to senior officers, the city police, after registering the FIR on February 10, are trying to locate the origin of the email and its sender.

The CGF office in Lancaster, England, received the email on January 26, after it emerged that the Games Federation’s official website had put up a distorted map of India. The map on www.thecgf.com showed some areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat as parts of Pakistan.

CGF Chief Executive Officer Mike Hooper had apologised after the error was spotted, and the correct version of the map was put on the website.

But before the correction was made, an email that landed in the mailbox of the CGF security advisor at Lancaster warned of possible attack. Besides asking the CGF to correct the map, the email stated: “You have given (a) wrong Indian map on your website. You have shown some parts of Gujarat and Kashmir as parts of Pakistan.”

The email also threatened that “many Commonwealth Games officials would be killed during (the) Games”, the FIR says. Newsline has a copy of the FIR.

According to the FIR, “The email was sent to (security) advisor in Lancaster from an email ID lanchasterman@sport.com. An initial was sent from another email identity, m.aslam@leaderinv.com.”

The CGF security officer in Lancaster forwarded the mail to the organising committee security advisor in Delhi, Ranjeet Singh Dal. After Singh further forwarded the complaint to the Special Cell, an FIR was registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act on February 10.

A Games official said the organising committee and the Delhi Police are not taking any chances since many Commonwealth officials would be in the Capital during the sports event.